News Archives 2006
DECEMBER
- US imports 50,000 MT of sugar from RP
- DBP leads P1.78-B club loan for bioethanol fuel project
- Gov’t to develop new sugarcane areas for ethanol
NOVEMBER
- Biomass co-generation plant opens in Iloilo
- ‘Sugar King’ eyes investment in RP
- Ethanol plants to rise in Negros
- New firm in P1.8-B ethanol project with China
- Sugar bioenergy firm to tap equities mart to fund project
- Biofuels bill passed before holiday break
- Bicam approves Biofuels Act
- Palace hails biofuel bill’s passage
OCTOBER
- Bioethanol invades gas tanks
- Biofuel law to boost sugar trade
- Philsurin develops sugarcane database
- Bioethanol: Fuel for the environment
- P1.6-B Iloilo biomass power plant to start operations by next year
SEPTEMBER
- Negros Occidental Agrarian Reform committee calls for review of CARP
- Negros farm workers rally vs DAR
AUGUST
- Sugar output projected to go up 5% to 2.42-M tons
- US raises RP sugar quota by 21.7% to 173,000 tons
- Advocacy group upbeat on passage of Biofuels Bill
JULY
- Life is sweeter for sugar farmers
- SRA mulls multiple product industry
- Kraft to bring tariff dispute to World Customs court
- DA chief: Biofuels Act will pass
- Panganiban sees quick passage of Biofuels bill
- Tanduay eyes 10.7% stake in VMC
- BOI grants perks to ethanol project
JUNE
- Sugar industry enjoys quiet revival
- Hacienda Luisita farmers warn of another strike
- Sugar millers protest preferential tariff on Kraft
- Kraft Foods told to post bond
MAY
- With oil prices rising, Asia is turning to plants for fuel
- Seeing through the smokescreen
- Sugarcane Solomon wanted
- $82M yearly savings seen from use of ethanol as fuel
- RP may export sugar to Asia next year
APRIL
- A look at some alternative fuels
- Senate committees OK 3 energy bills
- Ethanol sweetens price prospects for sugar
MARCH
- Negros estate workers want land distributed
- NFA to intervene in supply, pricing of domestic sugar
- Conversion of Negros sugar mills to ethanol plants urged
- British company to put up P1.5-B ethanol plant
- DA says sugar prices going down
- HLI dispute cuts down sugarcane harvest
- PARC dismisses Luisita’s appeal
FEBRUARY
- Arroyo: Steps taken to ease effects of VAT rate hike
- Gloria approves increase in VAT rate to 12%
- Roxas seeks probe of rising sugar prices
- Cartel blamed for high sugar prices
- In defense of ‘hoarders’ and ‘speculators’
- Gloria goes after sugar hoarders
- RP should take advantage of high sugar prices: SRA
- World sugar prices may become as volatile as oil's
- ‘C’ sugar classification by SRA cited as useless; industry seeks its abolition
- Magsaysay sinks teeth into fertilizer scam
- RP should take advantage of high sugar prices: SRA
- Sugar farmers file petitions for cancellation of stock options
- Victorias cash flow hit P1B in Aug. 2005
- Favila assures ample sugar supply
- Asian sugar market alive with buying and talk of more
JANUARY
- HLI (Hacienda Luisita Inc.) files motion for reconsideration
- Large-scale sugar theft at Victorias Milling
- URC claims C2 outsells Coke; sets $60M for plant expansion
- Hoarding feared as sugar prices surge
- Bunye allays price hike fears from higher VAT