ASF breaks out in Zambo

THE OUTBREAK of African swine fever has forced the local government to ban the transport or entry of live hogs and pork products, including its by-products from several villages affected by the disease which is deadly to pigs.

Zamboanga now has Covid-19 testing lab for Region 9, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A government laboratory in Zamboanga City used for avian influenza diagnosis in 2008 has been converted to test the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, after it passed a strict compliance set by the World Health Organization, or WHO.

Zambo farmers to get rice seeds soon

PAGADIAN CITY – Farmers in Zamboanga Peninsula are soon to receive rice seeds under the government’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday.