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 Cebu-based Negrense boxer Carlo “Brown Sugar” Bacaro seeks a bounce-back win as he trades blows with the veteran Thai brawler Channarong Injampa for the vacant World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Silver welterweight crown in the main event of “Fist of Fury XII” fight card today (Sunday, July 26) at the atrium of Robinsons Galleria Cebu.

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The Philippines has secured a 145,235 metric ton raw value export quota for raw cane sugar to the United States, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative.

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The Sugar Regulatory Administration has warned that the worsening infestation of red-striped soft scale insect in Negros Occidental could result in the loss of about 150,000 metric tons of raw sugar — equivalent to approximately eight percent of the country’s annual production — if immediate intervention is not undertaken.

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The country’s sugar production may decrease to one million tons next year if the infestation caused by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) on sugarcane plantations in the Visayas will not be contained, according to the United Federation of Sugar Producers.

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The country has banned the importation of bioethanol feedstock, including molasses and other sugar products, the Sugar Regulatory Administration said.

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Local sugar millers are in favor of amending the country’s regulation on synthetic sweeteners, noting that the continued influx of synthetic sugar substitutes threaten domestic sugar producers.

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Pinaaamyendahan ni Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez ang Republic Act No. 10659 o ang Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015 (SIDA). Ito ay para simulan ang malawakang reporma para patatagin ang industriya ng asukal.

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Many parents associate sugar with special treats that kids love, such as candies, desserts, or soft drinks. But what most people don’t realize is how sugar is woven into everyday food, sometimes in forms that don’t immediately sound like sugar at all.

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Mariing pinabulaanan ni Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez ang kumakalat na ulat sa online na ang isinagawang congressional hearing ang nag-trigger o naging dahilan ng pagbaba sa presyo ng asukal.

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 Cebu-based Negrense boxer Carlo “Brown Sugar” Bacaro seeks a bounce-back win as he trades blows with the veteran Thai brawler Channarong Injampa for the vacant World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Silver welterweight crown in the main event of “Fist of Fury XII” fight card today (Sunday, July 26) at the atrium of Robinsons Galleria Cebu.

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The Philippines has secured a 145,235 metric ton raw value export quota for raw cane sugar to the United States, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative.

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The country’s sugar production may decrease to one million tons next year if the infestation caused by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) on sugarcane plantations in the Visayas will not be contained, according to the United Federation of Sugar Producers.

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Local sugar millers are in favor of amending the country’s regulation on synthetic sweeteners, noting that the continued influx of synthetic sugar substitutes threaten domestic sugar producers.

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Mariing pinabulaanan ni Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez ang kumakalat na ulat sa online na ang isinagawang congressional hearing ang nag-trigger o naging dahilan ng pagbaba sa presyo ng asukal.

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ANG SAMAHAN ng mga magtatanim ng tubo sa Capiz humihingi na ng tulong sa mga Kongresista hinggil sa labis na silang nalulugi dahil sa patuloy na pag-import ng asukal. Dati rati, ang presyo ng asukal ay P2,480 per 50 kilos subalit nang payagan ng Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) ang pag-import nang asukal abay, biglang bumaba ito sa P2,150 ang matindi pa rito ang molasses ay nagkakahalaga ng P16,000 subalit ngayon ay P6,200 na lamang.

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