Average prices of eggs and dressed chicken in Negros Occidental have increased as of June 30, Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, said yesterday.

Decena said their monitoring showed that from P5.11 to P6.59 per piece depending on the price on June 23, eggs in the market are now sold at P5.13 to P6.60.

As to dressed chicken, from P149.22 for every kilo last week, it costs P150.47 per kilo now, he said.

Solons urge SRP
on commodities

MANILA -- The House of Representatives' Committee on Agriculture and Food and the Special Committee on Food Security unanimously approved the immediate filing of a Joint Resolution urging government agencies concerned to impose price controls or suggested retail price (SRP) on basic and prime agricultural commodities.

The move is intended to effect immediate relief to those affected by the unabated increases in prices of food commodities.

The lawmakers said this will cushion the effects on consumers of the burgeoning price increases in other commodities, such as petroleum products that certainly drive inflation and push food prices up.

Neg. Occ. gov’t distributes
P2.4M in farm an animals

The Provincial Veterinary Office of Negros Occidental has distributed P2.4 million worth of farm animals to 618 livestock raising individuals and groups in 17 towns and seven cities from January to June this year through the Negros First Animal Dispersal program.

This was disclosed yesterday by Cathyrine Narez, Negros First Animal Dispersal program coordinator, who added that they were able to distribute a total of 5,894 livestock animals for the first six months of 2014.

Of the 5,894 livestock animals distributed, 220 of which are piglets all valued at P48,400, 52 swines all valued at P424,000, 25 carabaos all valued at P85,000, 7 high-breed goats all valued at P56,000 and the rest are free-range and ready-to-lay  chickens, all valued at P1.7 million, Narez said.

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