In my previous column “How to lose P4,500,000 w/o trying,” I mentioned that I would follow up on the article with a story about a P1.2-million fire hydrant requirement being imposed by a town/city in the province of Batangas.
INTERVENTION.The United Poultry Association meets with Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas to express their concern on the bird flu outbreak and for the city government to make the proper intervention on Wednesday (July 6). The city government issued Executive Order number 05 on July 6, 2022 prohibiting the entry of all live birds poultry and by products from avian flu-affected areas as pre-emptive measure.(Photo by Arnold Almacen/Iloilo City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY -All live birds, chicken, and by-products from areas in Luzon and Mindanao, where there is an outbreak of avian influenza, are prohibited from entering the city within 30 days since July 7, 2022. Department of Agriculture (DA) Regulatory Division chief and focal person for the Western Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force for Animal Diseases Dr. Jonic Natividad, in an interview on Friday, said the move is just a pre-emptive measure on the part of Iloilo City, which is the center of trade in Western Visayas. "It is to a
BACOLOD CITY - Starting on Good Friday, Negros Occidental Province will enforce an indefinite ban on the entry of live birds and poultry products from Luzon, Mindanao, and other areas with reported bird flu cases. The move was based on Executive Order (EO) 22-15 issued by Governor Eugenio Jose on Wednesday afternoon after the provincial government initially banned domestic and wild birds, and their products, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, semen, and manure from February 28 to March 15. "This EO shall take effect 12 a.m. of April 15 and shall remain valid until recalled, to ensure the safety of the poultry industry in Negros Occidental as well as to protect the general public from the ill-effects of the highly pathogenic avian influenza," Lacson said. Data from the Provincial Veterinary Office shows Negros Occidental has a PHP8-billion poultry industry, which includes the PHP4-billion broiler and native chicken sectors; the PHP3-billion game fowls; and the PHP1-