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'What parked funds?' Solon says P500M for Kennon Road repair a typo error

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 10:06 AM

Camarines Sur Rep. L-Ray Villafuerte said the P500 million fund allotted for the repair of Kennon Road in Baguio was a typographical error and was supposed to be only P15 million. Read more »

Indonesia buries over 1,000 cholera-hit pigs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 06:39 PM

Lab tests found that the animals died of hog cholera but officials said they are also testing to see if any were stricken with African swine fever. Neither are believed to pose a risk to humans. Read more »

Egg prices up despite ample supply

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 09:32 AM

The price of egg should not have increased in Metro Manila because there is ample supply, an agriculture group said Tuesday.    Read more »

Chicken price to remain below P200 this Christmas: poultry raisers

Apples Jalandoni, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 04:10 PM

A group of livestock raisers on Sunday assured the public that prices of whole chicken would not reach P200 this Christmas season. Read more »

China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

Nigel Hunt, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 03:52 PM

Other Asian countries are also ready to step up imports as they, too, deal with outbreaks of ASF. Vietnam, the Philippines, North and South Korea, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia are all struggling to contain outbreaks of the disease, which is deadly to pigs although not harmful to humans. Read more »

Cebu extends pork ban from ASF-hit areas until 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 01:25 AM

CEBU—Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia said Monday she will extend until next year the ban on live hogs and pork products from Luzon and other countries affected by the African swine fever (ASF). Read more »

Tone-toneladang processed meat products, nasabat sa Pangasinan

Joanna Tacason, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 04:49 PM

Higit 10,000 kilong mga imported frozen at processed meat product na walang kaukulang papeles ang nasabat ng mga awtoridad sa isang checkpoint sa bayan na ito Martes. Read more »

Inflation holds steady in October, below government target

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 11:12 AM

Governor Benjamin Diokno of the Bangko Sentral said Monday there would be no more cuts in the benchmark interest rate and the reserve requirement ratio or RRR for banks for the rest of 2019. Read more »

China pork to blame for ASF outbreak in the Philippines - DA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 03:16 AM

MANILA—The Department of Agriculture on Monday blamed smuggled pork products from China as responsible for the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) in the country. Read more »

Bong Go: ‘Cholesterol-free’, ‘pork-free’ 2020 national budget

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 09:13 PM

MANILA - Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Monday said he will scrutinize the proposed 2020 national budget to make sure that no taxpayers’ money will be wasted and that it will be a “pork-free, cholesterol-free" budget. Read more »

DA urges public to still buy pork products amid ASF scare

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 01:22 AM

The Department of Agriculture sees sufficient supply of pork for the holiday season amid the African swine fever scare.  Read more »

P40-K halaga ng 'shabu' nasamsam, 3 timbog sa Bacoor buy-bust

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 03:13 PM

Isang pork vendor ang naaresto dahil sa umano ay pagtutulak ng ilegal na droga sa Bacoor City, Cavite, sabi ngayong Miyerkoles ng pulisya.   Read more »

Mekeni recalls pork-based products amid African swine fever reports

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 04:38 PM

Mekeni said it has submitted samples of its products to the Bureau of Animal Industry under the Department of Agriculture and an independent testing facility. Read more »

Bohol governor suspended over PDAF graft case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 03:18 PM

Bohol Governor Arthur Yap was ordered preventively suspended by the Sandiganbayan 3rd Division over his involvement in the alleged misuse of Priority Development Assistance Funds or PDAF. Read more »

Ilang meat processing worker sa Pampanga, posibleng mawalan ng trabaho dahil sa ASF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 12:49 AM

Nangangamba ang grupo ng mga negosyante sa Pampanga na 30 porsiyento ng mga manggagawa sa meat processing ang posibleng mawalan ng trabaho bago magpasko dahil sa epekto ng African swine fever. Read more »

Processed meat products sales fall due to African swine fever scare

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 12:08 AM

Two of the country's biggest food corporations assure the public their products are free from African swine fever. Read more »

Purefoods hotdog, ham maker says products swine fever-free, safe to eat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 05:56 PM

The maker of Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs and Fiesta Hams for Christmas said its products "are cooked in high temperatures ensuring safety from harmful organisms." Read more »

Swine fever costs hog industry P1B in 'opportunity losses' monthly: agri official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 02:53 PM

The swine flu outbreak in the Philippines, the world's 10th largest consumer of pork, results in P1 billion in "opportunity losses" each month for the local hog industry, an agriculture official said Friday. Read more »

Noche Buena price watch: 'Premium' may rise, cheaper brands steady

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 10:26 AM

The retail price of some "premium" Noche Buena items like ham will rise by "2 to 9 percent" despite an outbreak of African swine fever that pulled down pork prices, the Department of Trade and Industry said Friday. Read more »

Agri dept validating processed pork brands hit by swine fever

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 09:07 AM

MANILA — The Department of Agriculture said Friday it is validating which 3 brands of processed pork tested positive for African swine fever. Read more »