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August 22, 2015Rhodina Villanueva (Philippine Star)| http://goo.gl/AGwTqe

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agrarian Reform has signed a memorandum of agreement  with the Department of Agriculture and the Sugar Regulatory Administration for the establishment of sugar block farms in Cagayan.

Provincial agrarian reform program officer II  Virgilio Acasili said…

August 20, 2015Melissa Luz T. Lopez (Business World)| http://goo.gl/o55Rr2

A HOUSE of Representatives panel has approved a measure that exempts brown sugar from value-added tax (VAT).

The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Thursday the bill amending the Tax Code stipulating the VAT exemption for brown sugar.

Rep. Jeffrey P. Ferrer, who represents…

August 19, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/32qFpx

It was supposed to be the ultimate free trade deal — a tie-up of 12 countries representing about 40% of global GDP, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

But the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) failed at the last hurdle earlier this month, where a dispute over sugar was among the many stumbling…

August 19, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/qIGisP

Stronger hydrous fuel ethanol prices for consumers translated into a less competitive position in the southeast Brazilian market compared with gasoline in the week that ended Sunday, the latest data from the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) show, according to Platts.

Southeast region hydrous fuel ethanol prices…

August 19, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/CfX7r7

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State on Monday said two Chinese companies are ready to invest in the state in the area of sugar and other agricultural products, according to Nigeria’s Daily Trust.

Badaru who disclosed this to newsmen when the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu-Xianojie paid a courtesy…