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Its a pathetic picture of the early 1980s when, at the height of the sugar industry debacle, severe child malnutrition gripped the western Visayan island, traditio-nally known as the Philippines sugar bowl.
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JAMES LEDES
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194717 [Title] => Sugar industry gets back on its feet [Summary] => In a scene resembling the agony and hunger in Africa, feeble chil-dren of migrant workers (sacadas) in remote sugar-growing towns of Negros have been photographed with having large protruding eyes and bloated stomach sitting help-lessly in front doors of their huts waiting for food.
Its a pathetic picture of the early 1980s when, at the height of the sugar industry debacle, severe child malnutrition gripped the western Visayan island, traditio-nally known as the Philippines sugar bowl.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317098 [AuthorName] => Fermin M. Diaz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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By Fermin M. Diaz | February 9, 2003 - 12:00am
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