More than 40 pigs did not reach the slaughterhouse after the truck carrying them overturned in Navotas City, Tuesday night.
According to authorities, the 14-wheeler truck was turning at the corner of C3 and Road 10 when it suddenly overturned.
As a result, many of the pigs escaped. They immediately ran away, but the people there chased them.
A total of 44 died immediately.
The pigs came from General Santos and would have been taken to the slaughterhouse in Cavite.
According to the driver, the accident actually happened. He was lucky to survive with his passengers.
Plastic barriers blocked the surviving pigs and then loaded them into rescue trucks.
According to the middleman who came to the rescue, the price of each pig was P25,000, so about P1 million was immediately lost to its supplier.
The area where the pigs died has been cleaned.
There has been a shortage of pork supply in Luzon due to the effect of African Swine Fever (ASF) that killed thousands of pigs in Luzon.
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Chinese arrested for firing a gun in Malate
A series of gunshots disrupted a condominium in Malate, Manila Tuesday midnight.
According to security guards who reported to Malate Police, it came from a black car driven by a 25-year-old Chinese man.
During the investigation, the man came from a unit in the condo along with 4 other Chinese.
While in the parking area, the group argued and started fighting.
The suspect was stabbed and got into his car but returned with a gun and fired.
When the police approached the suspect’s vehicle, they allegedly chased him until he reached Santa Monica Street in Ermita.
A .45 caliber pistol that he used in the shooting was allegedly found in the back of his car. Three rounds of ammunition were recovered at the scene of the incident.
Overlapping charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and alarm and scandal were filed against the suspect.
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