Two fishermen, Hamsi Kalam and Moyoh Adam, were injured in a dynamite explosion while fishing in Zamboanga City. The incident occurred on December 16, 2023, at Sitio Palo-Palo in Muti village. Kalam suffered severe injuries, including the severing of his right hand, while Adam was also injured. Both were rushed to Cristino Paragas Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Zamboanga City Medical Center for treatment. Stay updated on this developing story.
Zamboanga City checkpoint versus African swine fever (Photo courtesy of City Hall-PIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Additional checkpoints have been established here to prohibit the entry of live hogs, pork products, and by-products, allowing only those with veterinary health certificates. The Office of the City Veterinarian (OCVet) on Saturday was still waiting for the result of the confirmatory tests of three blood samples that tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) at the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RADDL) of the Department of Agriculture in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. The confirmatory tests were done at RADDL General Santos City as the Ipil laboratory has no equipment to determine if the viral infection is due to ASF, hog cholera, and porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome, which all have similar signs and symptoms. Dr. Arnedo Agbayani, assistant OCVet chief, does not foresee a shortage of meat products since a local shopping mall, which has its own ASF-free farm in K
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