00:00Igan, Batangas is also in a state of calamity because of the increasing number of cases of African Swine Fever or ASF.
00:07The livelihood of hog raisers is affected and meat is being sold in Batangas.
00:13For the update, we have live news from Denisse Abante of GMA Regional TV.
00:19Denisse.
00:23Igan, until now, there is no initial information or data
00:28from the ASF offices here in the province of Batangas or Pivet
00:32because they are still looking for data from the affected areas.
00:41Aside from the town of Lobo in Batangas where the State of Calamity declared
00:45because of the increasing number of positive cases of ASF,
00:48the town of Calatagana also declared a State of Calamity.
00:52This is followed by the increasing number of positive cases of ASF in their area.
00:56Through the declaration of the State of Calamity,
00:59the assistance from the LGU to the affected hog raisers will be delivered faster.
01:05I have declared a session for the entire town
01:09so that the farmers affected can be catered to so that funds can be distributed.
01:15The LGU is also studying if the town is one of the people in the State of Calamity
01:20while they continue to carry out blood sampling of pigs in the area.
01:25So that we can get funds for the needs in the area.
01:31Even if there is support from the province,
01:34because the amount of infestation in our two barangays is already big.
01:40According to Batangas or Pivet, seven towns in the province are affected by ASF.
01:46The last one is the town of San Juan where one barangay recorded positive cases.
01:53The particular barangay was not yet identified by the OPVET.
01:56Meanwhile, some quarrels that used to be full of pigs are now vacant.
02:01This quarrel in the barangay of Buhay na Sapa,
02:04there were 10 fatteners and one buntis that were caught
02:07but all died because of the disease.
02:10It was not confirmed if the ASF killed the pigs.
02:14According to the owner of the pig farm, the one that was caught in July was the first one to get sick
02:18and after two days, the other pigs also got sick.
02:23The hog racer Manolito did not expect that his native pigs
02:28that he believes are more resistant will get infected.
02:32I have a black pig farm.
02:36I have seven children.
02:37All of them died.
02:39They got sick.
02:40They ran away and died.
02:43No one is left.
02:44I also have a white pig farm where I have seven children.
02:49All of them died.
02:53They also ran away.
02:55We took care of them but they did not recover.
02:59They did not eat anymore.
03:00The pig meat vendors in the area were also affected.
03:04If this pig meat store was full of pigs before,
03:08now he is selling fish and hoping to recover his income.
03:14I have been trying to sell pig meat for three weeks now
03:17because it is very cheap.
03:18I only sell fish.
03:20The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian did not give an interview in front of the camera
03:25regarding the ASF case.
03:27But according to them, they are also conducting blood sampling and rapid testing
03:32in municipalities that are not yet affected by the ASF.
03:36Igan, in our interview with the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian here in Batangas,
03:45they are also cooperating with the PDRRMO and other agencies here in the province
03:50in order to prevent the ASF from spreading to other areas here in the province.
03:58Igan?
03:59Thank you very much, Denise Abante of GMA Regional TV.
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