Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Tag: ASF

Common sense should be a DOH protocol

'“They get better on their own, anyway” appears to be the DOH philosophy.'   All this time I thought the government response to COVID-19, though late...

Much ado over pork

"Some lawmakers are unabashedly protecting the interest of local hog raisers at the expense of consumers, who have been trying hard to make ends...

The other pandemic

"The spread of ASF to so many provinces also indicates that efforts to contain the disease have been lacking." As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on,...

‘P11b in pork tariff losses’

The government will lose about P11 billion in revenue should the pork tariffs be reduced from 30 percent to 5 percent, Senator Francis “Kiko”...

State of calamity over ASF pushed

Instead of lowering the tariffs on imported pork, the government should declare a state of calamity due to the African swine flu, Senator Francis...

Rethinking

"The off-and-on government action on this front has now brought us the sorry mess we are in."   There is no question that the pandemic has...

Increased indemnity over ASF backed

A congressional leader on Thursday backed the appeal of various hog producers for the government to increase the indemnification cost for every pig that...

And now, locusts

"There is cause for worry."     Last Monday, we wrote about the negative economic impact of the CoViD 19 epidemic.  We made comments particularly on tourism,...

The COVID fall-out

"It is clear that the economic impact of the contagion would be far greater than initially predicted."   The observations in this article were being written earlier,...

Little impact?

"The economic team stands by its GDP targets this year."     President Duterte’s economic managers have downplayed the combined economic impact of both the novel coronavirus...

ASF outbreak spreads to Mindanao town

The African swine fever has spread to a town in Mindanao six months after an outbreak was declared in Luzon, the town’s chief executive...

Belmonte says ASF suppressed in QC markets

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Friday said they were now coordinating with the Department of Agriculture’s National Meat Inspection Service to look into...

UP agreed to burial of ASF pigs – QC

The Quezon City government on Thursday denied accusations that African swine fever-infected pigs were buried inside the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman...

Aboitiz Group sees ‘challenging’ period amid the ASF scare

The Aboitiz Food Group expects a challenging year-end performance that may stretch until the first half of 2020, with the current outlook on pork-based...
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