Incoming shipment of meat and meat products in Negros Occidental dropped by 89.56 percent in September compared to May when the importation of livestock and poultry products reached 82 tons.

Dr. Renante Decena, provincial veterinarian, said yesterday that the September importation was only 8.56 tons which is 14.40 percent lower than its average monitoring of 10 tons per month.

The factors that contributed to the decrease are the close monitoring of the meat inspection task force organized by the Provincial Veterinary Office to control its entry, low production of meat, the lean months’ situation, and the consumer demand, he said.

Inflation slows to 3.1%

MANILA – Rate of price increases decelerated to 3.1 percent last October from September’s 3.6 percent due to slower increases in food and services sectors.

This is near the end of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ 2.9 to 3.8-percent forecast for the month.

Average inflation rate in the first 10 months in 2012 stood at 3.2 percent, at the lower end of the government’s three to five-percent target for this year until 2014.

Relatively, core inflation, which excludes volatile items like oil and food, slowed to 3.6 percent from month-ago’s 3.8 percent resulting to an average of 3.8 percent to date.

Veterinary students
conducting trainings

Members of the University of the Philippines Lady Vets Foundation Inc. are conducting a veterinary medical mission and field extension services in Negros Occidental that started Monday and will end Sunday.

Dr. Renante Decena, provincial veterinarian, said yesterday that this is part of their annual service through extension and training activity.

The lectures will cover wet laboratory on serological surveillance for swine and poultry diseases, parasitic diseases, and hands-on session on the use of Global Positioning System, or GPS, that will be attended by city veterinarians, livestock technicians, and paraveterinarians, Decena said.

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