Deputy speaker and former senator Loren Legarda barnstormed her home province of Antique on Thursday and inaugurated a new three-story National Bureau of Investigation district office, old capitol building and the remaining Balay nga Bato or stone house in the province.
(Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) M'LANG, North Cotabato - The town government here has alerted all its 37 barangays as three more villages were affected by the African swine fever (ASF), bringing to eight the current number of areas infected by the hog-associated disease. Arlyn Encarnacion, the municipal agriculturist, said Monday those added to the ASF red spot areas were Barangays Dugong, Langkong, and New Rizal. The former affected villages were New Lawaan, New Antique, Lika, Dalipe, Katipunan and Inas. She said depopulation is being conducted in all affected villages to contain the spread of the hog disease. "Culling is ongoing to contain infections within the perimeter while stiff monitoring is being observed within the 500-meter radius", she said. To date, she said the local government unit (LGU) has depopulated 2,044 hogs from 430 raisers. "Each affected hog raisers will be given an amortization depending on the classification of the swine the
NEARLY EMPTY. Marketgoers pass by several hog meat stalls at the M'lang public market in North Cotabato on Friday (Dec. 3, 2021) that have remained vacant due to limited stocks from local hog supplierswho were affected by African swine fever (ASF) infestation. Losses incurred by town hog raisers due to the ASF incursion had reached PHP5.8 million, according to the town agriculture office. (Photo courtesy of M'lang LGU) M'LANG, North Cotabato - Losses wrought by the African swine fever (ASF) to the hog industry in this town has reached PHP5.8 million, the municipal agriculture office said Friday. In an interview, Arlyn Encarnacion, the town agriculturist, said strict ASF monitoring protocols were established in the affected villages to contain the disease and deter any possible spread to nearby villages. Composite members of the barangay council, peacekeeping action team, and animal health workers manned checkpoints in all entry and exit points of this town. "All travel
RELEASED. San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran releases green sea turtle hatchling back to the sea in Barangay Funda-Dalipe on October 14. San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer Madelyn Pagunsan said Wednesday (Oct. 20, 2021) that legislation is needed to protect the nesting area of the green sea turtle.(Photo courtesy of San Jose de Buenavista LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of this capital town of Antique is urging the Sangguniang Bayan to pass an ordinance to protect the nesting ground of the green sea turtle along their coastal area. Madelyn Pagunsan, San Jose de Buenavista MENRO, said in an interview Wednesday a local ordinance is necessary so that the nesting area in Barangay Funda-Dalipe would not be disturbed. "We are already able to release 326 hatchlings of the green sea turtle since August 28 until October 14," she said. The hatchlings, which they discove