Amid the campaign against the African swine fever (ASF) in Davao Region, the Department of Agriculture – Region 11 (DA-11) has assured there would be ample supply of pork meat and its by-products during the holiday season. At a press briefing Thursday, Dr. Karl Laurence Pineda, DA-11 livestock division coordinator, said based on their monitoring, there is currently enough supply of pork meat available from local suppliers, but a spike in market prices is expected due to its high demand during the period. “The farm gate price is at PHP140-PHP150. We have a lot of supply from the farms here
Korean lovers are invited to have a taste and feel of Korea as the city government of Manila launched the “K-Town Cha-Cha-Cha Fest” on Friday. The festival features everything Korean — culture, food, and fashion trends. The festival, open daily from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., will run until November 30 at the Remedios Circle in Malate. The initiative is spearheaded by the Manila Bureau of Permits (MBP) and the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotions Office in partnership with the Fil-Korean Trade & Cultural Association Corporation. MBP Director Levi Facundo, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency, said
Camarines provinces and Quezon will experience scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the low-pressure area (LPA), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Friday. In its 4 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the LPA was last tracked 205 kilometers east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes. PAGASA weather forecaster Ezra Bulquerin said fair weather will prevail over the rest of the country, as the LPA has a slim chance of developing into a tropical depression. The rest of Luzon will have isolated light rains caused by the northeast monsoon. On the other hand, the Visayas and Mindanao will have
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said it will coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to establish lines of communication with school authorities in preparation for the resumption of face-to-face classes in selected universities and colleges nationwide. This, as the commission is expected to make an announcement allowing higher education institutions (HEIs) to conduct limited physical classes, in view of the pilot run of limited face-to-face classes in some primary and secondary schools last November 15. “We will deploy our people outside the premises of these schools, once classes resume,” PNP chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos said in
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday welcomed the country’s election to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). The Philippines garnered 165 votes during the election of members of the Unesco Executive Board to occupy one of the six seats for the Asia-Pacific Region (Electoral Group IV) on November 17. “We would like to thank the Department of Foreign Affairs, particularly the Philippine National Commission for Unesco, and Ambassador Junever Mahilum-West, Philippine Ambassador to France and Monaco and concurrently Philippine Permanent Delegate to Unesco, for this successful campaign for our country,” the DepEd
Another 1,393 patients recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. This brought the country’s total recovery tally to 2,753,312, according to the agency’s latest Covid-19 bulletin. Another 1,485 new cases were also recorded, bringing the number of active cases to 23,200 or 0.8 percent of all recorded infections in the country. Friday’s active case tally is a slight uptick from Thursday’s 23,158. The DOH said of these active cases, most have mild symptoms at 59.6 percent, followed by those with moderate symptoms at 19.56 percent, those with severe symptoms at 12.0
