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March 11, 2015 Inquirer by Carla Gomez | http://goo.gl/kJGdJT

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—Several lawmakers and sugar industry leaders have cited the lack of support services to farmer-beneficiaries as major reason for the failure of the land reform program to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor.

They claimed that the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform…

March 10, 2015 Daily Star by Carla Gomez | http://goo.gl/DPgNvT  

A Department of Agrarian Reform official yesterday denied that the DAR made a list of 44 members of Congress opposed to House Bill No. 4296, that would extend the 27-year-old Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program for another two years, on the basis of personal motives.

It only came up with a…

March 9, 2015 Sun Star by Teresa Ellera | http://goo.gl/lrHtHg

NEGROS Occidental Third District Rep. Alfredo Benitez said the Visayan Bloc at the House of Representatives is opposing the Revenue Regulation 11-2014 that imposes one percent withholding tax on raw sugar, including molasses.

Rep. Stephen Paduano of Abang Lingkod party-listduring the Visayan…

March 5, 2015 Business Standard by Dilip Kumar Jha | http://goo.gl/16zjQl

The Ministry of Food is set to release export subsidy payment for the crushing season 2013-14 in two weeks. This will clear the decks for raw sugar exports for the current season.

The government had announced a subsidy of Rs 3,300 a tonne to help mills export excess supply of sugar. However,…

March 4, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/kP8ogU

India's sugar production rose 14% in first four months of the current crushing season (November 2014 - October 2015), apex industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement, according to India's Business Standard newspaper.

The 511 operational mills produced 19.4 million tonnes of…