Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday said the ban on transport of live hogs and sows to other provinces is meant to prevent skyrocketing of pork prices in Cebu.
Malacañang said it sees nothing wrong with the Department of Agrarian Reform’s conduct of out-of-town conferences since it is allowed under regulations approved by the IATF.
The local government of Borongan City in Eastern Samar lifted on Monday the two-week hard lockdown enforced in communities near the city’s commercial district.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night assured the public that the national government is trying its best to keep the Philippine economy afloat after it contracted by a record 9.5 percent in 2020.
Senator Imee Marcos has called on the government to prevent pork importers from taking over local market supply and pushing Filipino producers out of business.