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[Title] => Government officials, tobacco farmers hold festival
[Summary] => CANDON CITY, Philippines – Top executives of tobacco buying companies, cigarette manufacturing firms and the National Tobacco Admnistration (NTA) headed by Administrator Carlitos Encarnacion joined House Deputy Speaker Eric Singson to celebrate Tobacco Festival 2009 which culminated in the selection of Miss Virginia Tobacco.
[DatePublished] => 2009-04-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Jumapao, Prima Pasta 1 pace 11th Sinulog bowling tourney
[Summary] => Jomar Jumapao and his team Prima Pasta 1 went off to a hot start in the 11th Sinulog Open Bowling Tournament the other night at Gaisano Bowlingplex in Brgy. Banilad, this city.
[DatePublished] => 2009-01-16 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports
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[Title] => Farmers urged to raise the quality of their tobacco crops
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY– Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap challenged tobacco farmers to raise the quality of their crops to preempt further importations of tobacco products by big tobacco firms.
Yap hurled the challenged during the 2005 Tobacco Summit held at Baluarte Hills here last Wednesday.
The challenge was in response to a demand by Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO) president Carlos Cachola who said leaf importation is hurting local farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Teddy Molina
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[Title] => All’s well for tobacco farmers
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY — The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said tobacco farmers can now rest easy as a large tobacco buyer firm has committed to buy all the production of its farmer cooperators in the virginia tobacco producing provinces as well as others in the market.
Upon the intercession of former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson, top level management of Fortune Tobacco Corp. gave assurance that the company will continue to buy all grades of virginia tobacco including so-called "rejects", NTA Administrator said.
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January 16, 2009 - 12:00am
