July 7, 2015
Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/Ic9lQP
The Philippines' block farm program drew interest from other sugar producing countries at the 47th Council Session of the International Sugar Organization (ISO) held recently in Antigua, Guatemala, according to the Philippines' Manila Times newspaper.
July 7, 2015
Manila Standard Today (Vito Barcelo) | http://goo.gl/SmKVna
The Bureau of Customs has foiled an attempt to smuggle more than P10 million worth of sugar, rice and cigarettes at the Port of Zamboanga.
Confiscated were 2,500 sacks of imported white sugar worth P6.3 million, and rice and cigarettes worth at least P4 million aboard two vessels, according to BOC Port of Zamboanga District Collector Jerry Loresco.
July 6, 2015
Visayan Daily Star | http://goo.gl/PxO5Lp
With the impending frequent El Niños due to climate change, the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation Inc. (PHILSURIN) Experiment Station in Victorias City has identified high yielding varieties (HYVs) that could tolerate dry condition in specific soil types, a Philsurin press release said yesterday.
July 3, 2015
SunStar (Jeandie O. Galolo) | http://goo.gl/jMsBDY
Dwindling production. Aside from a drop in production of sugar, the industry is also losing its workers to the booming construction industry. National Federation of Sugar Planters vice president Jose Mari Miranda says it will take three to five years for the Northern Cebu plantations to recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda. (Sun.Star File)
July 2, 2015
Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/WtpRbm
Universal Robina Corp. (URC) said it has commissioned its 46-megawatt (MW) biomass power facility in Negros Occidental, marking the Gokongwei-led conglomerate's maiden foray into power generation, according to the Philippines' Business World.
Half of the facility's output will be used to power its sugar mill, while the remaining will be dispatched to the country's electricity grid.
June 29, 2015
The Visayan Daily Star (Gilbert Bayoran) | http://goo.gl/G0iwiz
The monitoring of the newly-approved Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA) continues, with its Implementing Rules and Regulations now being finalized by the Sugar Regulatory Administration, Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Foods, said yesterday.
Villar, in a press statement, assured Negrenses that she will closely monitor the SIDA, until it is fully implemented.
June 22, 2015
BusinessWorld (Claire-Ann M.C. Feliciano) | http://goo.gl/Qr2ZxJ
Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/IVSB0z
THE PHILIPPINES is close to hitting its raw sugar production target for the crop year ending August even though output remained sluggish compared to the previous year, an official from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said.
June 22, 2015
Manila Standard Today (Othel V. Campos) | http://goo.gl/AdQyeH
A group of sugar millers has expressed opposition to the proposed 10-percent ad valorem tax on carbonated drinks, saying sugar should not be singled out as the “cause” of lifestyle conditions such as obesity.
June 18, 2015
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The Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) is pushing for the modernization of the sugar industry to spur the country's ethanol production so that it can harnessed as an alternate and cheaper fuel resource, according to the Philippines' Manila Times newspaper.
According to Jose Maria Zabaleta, EPAP chairman emeritus, the idea of developing a self-sufficient and sustainable ethanol industry has attracted the attention of sugar millers in the Philippines.
June 17, 2015
Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/ww6FkU
Fourteen Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) in Cadiz City and Manapla in Negros Occidental are under evaluation for eligibility in the Inclusive Partnerships for Agricultural Competitiveness (IPAC) Project to be funded by the World Bank (WB), said Milagros Flores, northern Negros Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) I, according to the Philippines' Visayan Daily Star newspaper.