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Measures have been launched to protect. The country’s poultry industry and the population from H5N1 which authorities fear may mutate, acquiring genes from human influenza virus. It has already claimed 60 lives in Asia.


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RP still bird flu-free, but threat remains

January 31, 2007 - 12:00am

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The country remains free of the bird flu virus despite the presence of thousands of migratory birds in Pampanga’s Candaba Swamp and other sanctuaries elsewhere, authorities...

Nation

International donor agencies willing to give P2.5 B for fight vs bird flu

By Rocel Felix | February 22, 2006 - 12:00am

International donor agencies have expressed willingness to contribute to a P2.5-billion supplementary budget needed for the Avian Influenza Prevention Program (AIPP) of the National Avian Influenza Task Force (NAITF),...

Headlines

Keeping RP bird flu-free

By Ramon Ma. Epino | November 27, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines is a bird flu-free country, thanks mainly to government policies as laid down by President Arroyo and Agriculture Secretary Domingo Flores Panganiban. Measures have been launched to protect. The...

Agriculture

Sabungeros, read this and weep

By Rocel Felix | November 14, 2005 - 12:00am

Bad news for cockfight aficionados or sabungeros: the government is keeping a tight watch on game fowl imported for international derbies here to prevent the entry of the highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird...

News Commentary