The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork in wet markets across the National Capital Region starting 10 March. The new price cap will set pork liempo at P380 per kilogram, kasim and pigue at P350 per kilogram, and "sabit ulo" (the price traders pass to retailers) at P300 per kilogram.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the importation ban on poultry products from France while imposing a temporary ban on imports from the US states of Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has declared Camarines Norte free from avian influenza (AI), following effective containment measures and surveillance. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. confirmed the resolution of the outbreak, which began last December when the H5N2 strain of AI was detected on a backyard duck farm in Talisay.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. led an inspection on Monday of one-and-a-half dozen container vans suspected of being loaded with hundreds of tons of frozen fish, but was declared by importers as processed plant-based commodities. A earlier spot check conducted by the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Customs on two of the 19 40-foot container vans revealed boxes of frozen mackerels locally known as tamban, and frozen round scad-locally known as galunggong rather than the frozen fried taro sticks, sweet potato balls, and assorted food products from China, as declared in the shipping manifest.
Recognition from the local government and from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) are mandatory for so-called household clusters and farmer groups looking to participate in the rabbit raising program of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Lenovo has announced a major expansion of its Hybrid AI Advantage™ portfolio, introducing new services, industry solutions, and validated hybrid AI platforms designed to help enterprises build and scale AI “factories” across modern IT environments. This positions Lenovo as a critical enabler in the growing enterprise AI market, as corporate AI budgets are projected to reach nearly 20 percent of total IT spending by 2025.
The United States will impose a 20 percent tariff on Vietnamese imports under a new trade agreement, down from an initially planned 46 percent rate set to take effect next week.