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PH sugar industry: From crisis to destruction

WITH the war in the Middle East spreading like wildfire, it seems like a lifetime ago that we watched Bad Bunny perform at ...
MANILA, Philippines — The government has been asked to cushion the impact of the Middle East crisis on the local sugar industry by providing sugarcane farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries ...
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Sunset for sugar?

The sun is setting on the Philippine sugar industry but our government refuses to acknowledge it, delaying efforts to transition the poor workers who are dependent on it. In a recent issue, The ...
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Bitter sweet dilemma

The Department of Agriculture is considering an increase in tariffs on imported artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes to curb importation of the product, following reports that import volumes ...
Composite image from Inquirer file photos. MANILA, Philippines — The country’s sugar industry is facing pressure from both inside and outside the farm gate: long-standing problems in productivity and ...
MANILA, May 13 (Reuters) - The Philippine government will hold an auction this week to sell rights to import 22,700 tonnes of refined sugar for arrival on July 31, a senior official said on Thursday.
MANILA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Philippines is not aware of any offer to sell one million tonnes of sugar to Pakistan, and doubts it can export the volume to any country even over a period of years ...