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March 4, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/Bp0cJi

With the Legislature's crossover deadline one week away, the House passed a numbers of bills Thursday and sent them to the Senate for consideration, according to Hawaii's KHON TV.

Among the House bills passing third reading by the full House were measures that provides assistance to dislocated sugar workers from…

March 4, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/90Hfdp

European Union officials met with representatives from the sugar industry to discuss a possible supply crunch as imports may fall short of the bloc's forecast, said two people who attended the meeting, according to Bloomberg.

Sugar imports from preferential nations have lagged last season's pace and may end up below…

March 4, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/KLc6ra

The Pakistan Biscuits and Confectionary Manufacturers Association (PBCMA) has demanded of the government to withdraw the 40% duty on import of sugar besides withdrawing PKR13 (US$0.12) per kg rebate on its export to bring this commodity at the level of fair competition, according to Pakistan's Daily Times newspaper.

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March 4, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/WXAGlj

Sugar firm Roxas Holdings Inc. expects to get a majority stake in a joint venture with Global Business Power Corp. that will put up a 40-megawatt co-generation plant in Negros Occidental, according to the Philippines' Business Inquirer.

The partnership has earmarked about US$105 million to US$110 million to build…

March 4, 2016 Julie Alipala (Philippine Daily Inquirer) | http://goo.gl/AsBXEf

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Authorities seized some P22.4 million worth of smuggled refined white sugar off Barangay (village) Recodo here on Thursday evening.

Philippine Navy Commander Roy Vincent Trinidad, spokesperson of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao, said on Friday that the smuggled sugar—…