LUCENA CITY —- Marinduque Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr. has temporarily lifted the moratorium on the transport of native pigs outside of the island province.
“There is a request for growers of native pigs to be allowed to sell their pigs outside Marinduque because of the losses and financial difficulties they will suffer if native pigs are unsold after a certain period,” Velasco explained in his Executive Order No. 12 issued April 5. It was posted on his Facebook page Wednesday.
Velasco clarified that only “native pigs with less than 30 kilos live weight are allowed to be sold, traded, exported, shipped or transported from Marinduque to any place outside of the province.”
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