PORAC –Atleast 900 indigent Kapampangans received recently free medical check-up and clinical procedures through a ‘Surgical Caravan’ in Jose Songco Lapid District Hospital, here. The Surgical Caravan is another initiative of the Department to Health (DOH) in partnership with the provincial government of Pampanga to […]
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Mayor pleads public to support local chicken products
GUAGUA – Mayor Dante Torres asks the public in his town to support local chicken products especially those outside the seven-kilometer control zone near San Luis town where the avian influenza outbreak started. The mayor said this during a boodle fight organized by the Municipal […]
Pampanga optimistic to top 2017 SGLG validation
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The provincial government of Pampanga and its local government units (LGUs) are determined to ace the national assessment this year for the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) of the Department of Interior and Local Governance (DILG). Provincial Administrator […]
Gov to BHWs: Report flu-like symptoms
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – As part of the preventive measures of the provincial government to halt the spread of bird flu, Gov. Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda appealed to barangay health workers (BHWs) to be vigilant and report flu-like symptoms in their communities. The governor made […]
Piñol: P100-M fund for poultry industry in Pampanga assured
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – To immediately bounce back from the millions of peso loses in Pampanga’s poultry farm industry due to bird flu, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol told Vice Governor Dennis Delta Pineda and other stakeholders that he had asked President […]
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BAI lifts ban on poultry products
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Agriculture (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has lifted the ban on the movement of live domestic and wild birds including poultry products coming from Pampanga. The memorandum signed by Assistant Secretary Enrico Garzon of the DA […]
Poultry farmers deny claims of bird flu virus
San Luis – Two poultry workers denied yesterday the allegation that they contacted avian influenza commonly known as bird flu that has struck the province, recently. The farmers who were speculated to show symptoms of bird flu were identified as Aris Rogenio Jimenez of Pedro […]
Piñol dispels avian flu scare; targets to cull infected birds ASAP
SAN LUIS, PAMPANGA – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol yesterday started his Tuesday by eating balut, chicken arroz caldo, leche flan, and fried duck – all from this town as he informed the public that the avian influenza in the province is not […]