MANILA, Philippines — Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is urging Malacaang to declare a state of calamity in order to help hog-raisers recover from the effects of African swine fever (ASF) and not allow pork imports to flood the market.
“Baka mali ang naibigay na impormasyon sa Presidente. Dadapa pa lalo ang ating lokal na pagbababoy pag pinayagan ang mas maraming imported na baboy. This act of raising the MAV (minimum access volume, or cap on imports) will further weaken our local pork producers),” said Pangilinan in a statement Sunday.
(Perhaps the President was given the wrong information. If more imported pork will be allowed, our local hog raisers will suffer)
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