South Cotabato provincial veterinary office chief Dr. Flora Bigot. (Photo courtesy of Agri Tayo Soccsksargen) KORONADAL CITY - The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVET) of South Cotabato has appealed to the public to be "extra cautious" following the infiltration of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus in a commercial poultry farm in Tantangan town. Dr. Flora Bigot, the PVET chief, warned Monday that the AI virus that hit the chicken farm in Barangay Magon of Tantangan since last week is transmissible to humans. South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., in a separate interview, said at least 81,000 heads of chickens worth PHP35 million were depopulated in the poultry farm that he declined to identify. Bigot said the bird flu virus can be transmitted to humans through direct contact, eating of half cook meat or eggs of an infected fowl, and when the virus is inhaled. "The AI is also a threat to our poultry industry as it is highly contagious in birds, chicken, ducks, quails, a
South Cotabato provincial veterinary office chief Dr. Flora Bigot. (Photo courtesy of Agri Tayo Soccsksargen) KORONADAL CITY - The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVET) of South Cotabato has appealed to the public to be "extra cautious" following the infiltration of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus in a commercial poultry farm in Tantangan town. Dr. Flora Bigot, the PVET chief, warned Monday that the AI virus that hit the chicken farm in Barangay Magon of Tantangan since last week is transmissible to humans. South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., in a separate interview, said at least 81,000 heads of chickens worth PHP35 million were depopulated in the poultry farm that he declined to identify. Bigot said the bird flu virus can be transmitted to humans through direct contact, eating of half cook meat or eggs of an infected fowl, and when the virus is inhaled. "The AI is also a threat to our poultry industry as it is highly contagious in birds, chicken, ducks, quails, a
CONTAMINATED WATER. The Local Health Board of Valderrama town holds an emergency meeting upon receipt of the result of a water sample taken from a communal water source in Barangay Iglinab which was positive for E.coli on Sept. 15, 2022. Eric Espia, Valderrama information officer, said in an interview Friday (Sept. 16) that Mayor Jocelyn Posadas has ordered residents to stop sourcing their drinking water from the contaminated spring water.(Photo courtesy of Valderrama LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE- A sample taken from spring water in Barangay Iglinab in the municipality of Valderrama was found positive for E.coli bacteria. The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) carried out the laboratory test on Monday and was released on Thursday. The pipes leading to the homes of the residents were not properly laid so these fell into a dirty canal, said Valderrama Sanitary Inspector Joel Castillon in an interview Friday. He said that E.coli bacteria could be due to human or animal fec
DIARRHEA. San Remigio Municipal Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. checks on the condition of residents affected by diarrhea in the town's far-flung barangays on Saturday (Sept. 10, 2022). The municipality has recorded 73 cases of diarrhea with three deaths as of said date.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The municipal government of San Remigio has expressed alarm over the 73 reported cases of diarrhea with three deaths from its two upland barangays with contaminated drinking water as the suspected source of infection. The municipality's rural health doctors and health workers joined Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. during a visit to the far-flung barangays of General Fullon and Banbanan on Sept. 10 a day after receiving a report and found out the cases were clustered in 23 families. "We went to General Fullon and Banbanan bringing with us medicines and gallons of mineral water to be distributed to the affected individuals," Mission said in an
SESSION. Antique Provincial Board Member Karmila Rose Dimamay (standing) speaks during the provincial board regular session Thursday (Sept. 8, 2022). Dimamay said they decided to refer a resolution urging to divide Antique province into two districts to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance to first get the public opinion.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique Provincial Board will be holding public consultation meetings to get feedback on the proposed resolution to divide the province into two legislative districts. The Board during its regular session on Thursday decided that the en banc resolution calling legislators from Antique to enact the apportionment of the province of Antique into two congressional districts be referred to the committee on laws, ordinances, and good governance for proper consultation before its approval. The proposed resolution was supposed to be addressed to Senate President Pro-Tempore Lor