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Vince Alvic A.F. Nonato 27 October 2014

THE SENATE approved on third and final reading on Monday a measure seeking to make the sugarcane industry more competitive by consolidating small farms and reiterating the exemption of refined sugar for export from value-added tax (VAT).

In a statement, the chamber said Senate Bill No. 2400, or the Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2014,…

By Carla P. Gomez Oct 28, 2014 Daily Star

The Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading by a vote of 16-0 Senate Bill No. 2400, or the Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2014, Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said yesterday.

A bicameral committee will now  be created to reconcile the House and Senate versions of  the Sugarcane Act that President Benigno…

October 28, 2014http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/tentative_accord_reached_...

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Mexico negotiated a last-minute tentative deal to limit Mexican sugar exports in return for a Commerce Department agreement to drop -- at least temporarily -- an illegal…

The Wall Street Journal By Alexandra Wesler Oct. 27, 2014

The U.S. is imposing additional tariffs on Mexican sugar imports next week, but the new fees may be short-lived.

The government said Monday it would impose additional tariffs on Mexican sugar imports as high as 47.26% after the Commerce Department preliminarily determined that Mexican sugar producers had dumped the sweetener…

Manila Standard Today Lance Baconguis Oct. 28, 2014

Hundreds of hectares of farm land planted to sugar cane in Negros Occidental, which were placed under the coverage of the agrarian reform program, have been issued titles and sold to new owners, a peasant group said on Monday.

Alberto Jayme, president of Task Force Mapalad (TFM), said the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has…