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How to Start the New Year Free of Pests

Party's over

Pests could be furthest from your minds during the holidays, but they cannot be ignored any further.  If you want the new year to be pest-free, rid of the following to prevent pest problems: 1.  Used gift wrappers, boxes, and other packaging materials.  Christmas is the time for giving and receiving gifts, and also for shopping.  After the holidays is the time to remove materials accumulated in the basement, closet, and other storage spaces in the house that are meant to be discarded.  Cardboard, boxes, cloth, paper and…

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Pest Control Services: in high demand in the Philippines, Worldwide

It’s no surprise nowadays to find local and international headlines that says “pest control companies are making a killing.”  In the Philippines as it is elsewhere, the need for professional pest control services continue to increase every year. Two important factors that have contributed to this worldwide trend are: Urban centers continue to grow in number and size.  As human populations become more and more concentrated in cities and megacities, pests like rats, mice, bedbugs, termites, mosquitoes, house flies and cockroaches that thrive well in human dwellings will…

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Keeping its commitment to raise the standards of pest control in the Philippines, Bio-Tech Environmental Services Philippines, Inc. successfully passed the second surveillance audit on its ISO 14001: 2004 certification early this month.  The Anglo Japanese American (AJA) Registrars, a global independent third party certification body, performed the annual audit of the company’s Environmental Management System (EMS) at the Main Office in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The maintenance of ISO standards helps leading companies keep their edge in many industries especially because of the continual improvement framework…

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Why effective cockroach control products fail?

cockroach control

At the hands of the untrained, cockroach control products, no matter how effective, are a “hit-or-miss” affair.  Today’s pest control products, especially the recently developed ones, are more specific and targeted, thus safer to humans and non-target organisms.  This characteristic while desirable also demands more from those who intend to use it effectively and efficiently. Pest control professionals are expected to possess product knowledge, have undergone technical training and have acquired practical skills necessary to employ the right product at specific pest situations.  In the case of baiting…

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Pest Contro Association of the Philippines hosts Pest Summit 2012

“Protecting the future, Sustaining the Industry” That was the theme of this year’s Pest Summit held last October 24 to 26 at the Ecoville Resort and Convention Center in the beautiful island of Boracay, Philippines. Organized by the Pest Control Association of the Philippines (PCAP), the Pest Summit 2012 drew delegates from the ASEAN region and other parts of the world including pest management professionals, researchers and members of the academia, innovators, and representatives of pest management-related industries. The Pest Summit is an international biennial conference on urban…

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