Bomb threat grips Court of Appeals building in Manila
By
Dennis Carcamo
| August 5, 2010 - 8:40am
Tension gripped the Court of Appeals building in Manila after a bomb threat was received by one of the security guards of the establishment early this morning.
Pork, chicken supply adequate, says BAI
By
Marianne V. Go
| March 14, 2010 - 12:00am
The country has an adequate supply of pork and chicken, negating any need for additional imports, according to Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) director Dr. Davinio Catbagan.
Business
FTI sets bid for pork importation
By
Marianne V. Go
| October 19, 2009 - 12:00am
The Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) will hold a public bidding tomorrow for the special importation of five million tons (or 5,000 kilograms) of choice pork cuts under the remaining unused Minimum Access Volume (MAV) allocation,...
Business
Chicken prices likely to go down
By
Marianne V. Go
| July 23, 2009 - 12:00am
Chicken prices are expected to go down to around P110 to P120 per kilo following a significant drop in the farm gate prices of chicken this week.
Business
Department of Agriculture helpless in curbing pork imports
By
Marianne V. Go
| May 24, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) seems helpless in completely halting the continued importation of pork products as local meat processors cannot depend solely on local production.
Business
Yap nixes bid to reimpose pork import ban
By
Marianne V. Go
| May 21, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap has rejected an appeal by some hog raisers to re-impose the import ban on pork products.
Business
Bureau of Animal Industry urged to rid Mindanao of hog diseases
By
Marianne V. Go
| May 8, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - Even as the swine flu scare continues to hang over the Philippines, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) is trying to respond to the request of the local hog sector to work on immediately clearing...
Business
PNP sharpshooters tapped for Ebola hogs
By
Perseus Echeminada
| March 14, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - They were shot execution-style – one by one between the eyes – by expert marksmen. Their...
News Commentary
More hog farms under surveillance for Ebola-Reston virus
March 13, 2009 - 5:37pm
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Thousands of backyard hog farms were placed under surveillance in an attempt to protect the livestock sector from the Ebola-Reston virus, which was found to linger in the country's...
30,000 baboy pa susuriin sa Ebola
By
Joy Cantos
| March 7, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - Aabot sa 30,000 pang mga baboy sa Regions 1, 2 at 3 ang target isailalim ng Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) sa random test upang alamin kung apektado ito ng Ebola reston virus.
Bansa
next
