MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The worsening impact of African swine fever in livestock farms and consumer prices has prompted lawmakers to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to put the country under a state of emergency.
In a Senate hearing on Tuesday (March 9), Sen. Francis Pangilinan recommended that President Duterte declare a national emergency so that public funds could be realigned to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and allow it to repair the economic damage caused by the swine fever.
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