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India, PH have 'untapped' segments for collaboration

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Posted at Nov 26 06:12 PM

The Philippines and India should explore many "untapped" segments for collaboration such as in healthcare and agriculture, a stakeholder said Friday. Read more »

COVID-19 recovery poses dire climate, health risks: Lancet

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 12:23 PM

Countries' fossil-fuel powered COVID-19 recoveries will have long-lasting consequences on human health and risk worsening infectious diseases already threatening billions globally, a major assessment warned Thursday. Read more »

Umano'y smuggled na carrots iniimbestigahan

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Posted at Sep 27 08:33 PM

Iniimbestigahan na ng pamahalaan ang ilang negosyante sa La Trinidad, Benguet sa umano'y pagpasok ng mga smuggled na carrot sa merkado. Read more »

ASF-hit barangays down to 65: agri dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 07:28 PM

Fewer areas are grappling with outbreaks of African swine fever which previously slashed the local supply of pork and pushed up its prices. Read more »

Sri Lanka declares food emergency as forex crisis worsens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 01:36 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. Read more »

Filipino biotech firm develops swine fever test kit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 05:07 PM

A Filipino biotech has announced it has developed a "molecular-based testing platform" to detect African swine fever. Read more »

PH should ensure food security for the vulnerable: UN

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Posted at Aug 06 01:36 PM

The Philippines should ensure food security for vulnerable sectors amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a United Nations official said. Read more »

Why this Pinay in Bosnia and Herzegovina has 'no fear' during pandemic

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 02:41 AM

The Sibincic family farm life bliss in Bosnia and Herzegovina traces its beginnings to a cruise ship where Ivy and husband Slaven, an agriculturist, worked together.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 18, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:24 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

After a day's work

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 10:31 PM

Fishermen return home after a day’s work in Laguna Lake, one of the country’s primary sources of freshwater fish, near C-6 Road in Taguig on Tuesday. Read more »

Aid for farmers pushed

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 12:33 PM

Farmers’ rights advocates hold a bike caravan to protest the Department of Agriculture-initiated National Food Security Summit in Quezon City on Tuesday, citing the absence of food security frontliners in the program.  Read more »

Access ng DA sa pondo kontra ASF, mas mapapadali dahil sa state of calamity - agri chief

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 09:45 PM

Naniniwala ang Department of Agriculture (DA) nitong Martes na mapapadali ang pag-access sa mas maraming pagkukunan ng pondo para sa mga programa nito laban sa African swine fever (ASF) matapos ideklarang nasa state of calamity ang bansa dahil dito.  Read more »

Duterte raises MAV for pork imports to 254,210 metric tons

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 01:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved an over fourfold increase in the importation of pork to augment the shortage of its local supply due to African swine fever outbreaks, based on a document that Malacañang released on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte declares nationwide state of calamity due to African swine fever

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 04:55 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a nationwide state of calamity over the African swine fever that has slashed the local supply of pork and pushed up its prices, based on a document that Malacañang released on Tuesday.  Read more »

Hog raisers, umaasang aakuhin ng gobyerno ang gastos sa pagbabakuna sa mga baboy vs ASF

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 08:50 PM

Umaasa ang mga hog raisers sa bansa na popondahan ng gobyerno ang pagbabakuna sa mga baboy kontra African swine fever (ASF), oras na maging matagumpay ang trials nito. Read more »

BFAR urges Filipino fishermen to swarm West PH Sea

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Updated as of Apr 29 10:52 AM

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Thursday called on Filipino fishermen to swarm the West Philippine Sea, which produced 324,000 metric tons of fish for the country annually. Read more »

Gobyerno pinaplantsa na ang gusot sa pork importation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 11:32 PM

Nag-uusap na ngayon ang ehekutibo at Senado kaugnay sa usapin sa pork importation sa bansa na tinututulan naman ng local hog raisers.    Read more »

DA Secretary Dar inireklamo ng agri group sa Ombudsman

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Posted at Apr 26 06:34 PM

Inireklamo ng isang agriculture group si Agriculture Secretary William Dar dahil sa pagtapyas ng taripa sa imported pork. Read more »

Manila gov't sends nearly 3,000 food boxes for residents relocated in Cavite, Bulacan

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 06:24 PM

MANILA - The city government of Manila on Monday said it has delivered nearly 3,000 food boxes to Manileños who have been relocated to Cavite and Bulacan. Read more »

Duterte asks Senate: Give lower pork tariffs a chance

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Updated as of Apr 21 02:46 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte urged senators to "give a chance" to his order lowering tariffs on imported pork in a bid to boost supply and bring down its prices, Malacañang said on Wednesday, following dissent from some lawmakers.  Read more »