News Archives 2007
DECEMBER
- Biofuels board mulls one-stop-shop for investors
- Spanish energy firm to invest $250M in biofuel
- Biofuels board urged to review 5% ethanol blend mandate
- RP eyes more investments in biofuel-related projects
- More Spanish firms want to invest in biofuel sector
- P200-m cassava plant up in Negros Occidental
- Basic Energy, Shell sign deal on bioethanol supply
- Philippine agriculture to get P16.2B from Spain
NOVEMBER
- Sugar firm seeks loan package for bio-ethanol plant
- Roxas Holdings spending P5.2B on expansion
- CADP to build P1.4-B ethanol fuel plant
- Biofuel bill will free us from OPEC -- Zubiri
- Biofuel firm eyes sweet sorghum as ethanol source
- SMC eyes sorghum ethanol project
- Making money out of something sweet and brown
- Japan hybridizing crops for biofuel production
- There’s money in muscovado sugar
- P1.5-B biofuel-based power facility eyed in Pangasinan
- Sweet sorghum cited as source of bioethanol
- More research needed on jatropha - expert
- P1.5-B biofuel-based power facility eyed in Pangasinan
- Urgent need for unity in biomass energy use
- DA tags 725,000 hectares of land for growing biofuel feedstock crops
- Taiwanese mission seeks investments
- 15 firms seeking DA assistance in identifying lands for biofuel crops
OCTOBER
- Biofuel sector draws P34B in investments
- 15 firms to invest P34 B for biofuel crop lands
- Eastern Petroleum sets $ 30-M investment in ethanol facility
- PCCI Resolutions and Action Agenda
- Food-biofuel production balance urged
- Sugar prices start to drop
- Sugar prices starting to stabilize, says SRA
- SRA realigns sugar quota allocations
- DA orders monitoring of sugar prices
- SRA orders release of more sugar to local market
- More investors plan to put up biofuel facilities
- P4-B ethanol project gets tax perks
- SRA, NFA ordered to stabilize prices of sugar, palay
- SRA expects softening of sugar prices
- New hybrid sorghum variety bared
- RP-India deals seen spurring more agri investments
- BAR leads biofuels R&D program
- URC buys 2 sugar mills owned by PASSI in Iloilo
- JPEPA shields auto assemblers here
- Gokongwei firm acquires Iloilo sugar mill
- RP cracks into Japan farm market
SEPTEMBER
- RP to host international conference on biofuels
- Attempt to smuggle sugar shipment foiled
- Group fights poverty by sending sugar workers’ children to school
- CARP moratorium businessmen urge
- Up to 560,000 MT sugar export eyed
- Glut seen to depress sugar prices for years
- BIR suspends VAT rule on refined sugar sales
- Deal inked in restive Negros sugar estate
- Bioethanol production urged
- 50 container vans of smuggled sugar seized
- DOE endorses 6 ethanol projects for BOI incentives
- Bioethanol projects lure P19B in new investments
- Sugar prices seen stable
- DA urged to focus on sugar sector in bioethanol program
- Zubiri urges sugarcane planters to produce for biofuels
- Smuggling of sugar elsewhere hurts Cebu sugarcane planters
- Gov’t finds new areas for bioethanol production
- DA identifies areas for planting bioethanol
AUGUST
- RP expects to raise sugar production
- New task force vs smuggling of sugar eyed
- Big global sugar surplus ‘frightening,’ seen to continue to depress prices
- DA chief calls for review of MAV allocation rules
- Biofuel investors eye India sorghum plants
- Biofuels board gets P90-M initial budget
- DOLE working to ease plight of rural workers
- Zubiri vows support for Negros Occidental ethanol corridor
- Malaysian investor to fund massive sorghum plantation
- More flexible US import rules sought
- ERC revises market share limit for power generators
JULY
- Hacienda Velez-Malaga workers air side on row
- Sugar mill seeks relief from depressed prices
- SMC mulls big investment in Negros ethanol production
- Gov’t closely monitoring prices of basic commodities
- JG Summit to build power facility to supply URC’s sugar mill requirements
- Arroyo vows to finish father’s land reform dream
- Basic Petroleum sets stock offering
- Sugar prices seen to rebound
- CADP sets aside P180 million to upgrade sugar mill equipment
- PEZA OKs rules governing agri ecozones
- Biofuels to buoy farm prices in next decade: OECD-FAO
- 9 groups planning to build ethanol manufacturing plants
- Biofuel demand could drive up food prices for the poor: reports
JUNE
- Ethanol from sweet sorghum won’t compromise food security
- Low prices of sugar defy law of supply and demand
- FDC to acquire Cotabato sugar mill
- Producers’ Group Warns: VMC closure may plunge Negros sugar industry into chaos
- US firm mulls ethanol plant here
- 18 sugarcane varieties now available to planters
- Basic Petroleum to go into ethanol production
- Sugarcane planters ask SC to reconsider CARP ruling
- Agrarian reform on sugarcane land legal, says SC
- Japan firm eyes ethanol, bio-diesel plant in Leyte
- CBCP supports extension of CARP
- Ethanol boom won’t peril food supply
- Ant-free sugar, anyone?
- DAR orders segregation in Negros hacienda
- Sorghum for ethanol gets funding boost
- Global sugar prices set for further falls — ISO
MAY
- US firm to put up $150-M ethanol plant in Pampanga
- UK firm to invest $1.3B in Philippine biodiesel projects
- Panay sugar mill to turn out electricity
- PNOC unit in $1.3-B biofuel deal with UK-based firm
- Probe sought on biofuels pacts between RP and China
- Timeless sugarcane landscapes
- Expanded bioethanol research urged
- Negros Occ ban on GMOs would ruin bioethanol project — expert
- Flying V plans 2% biodiesel blend
- RP launches biofuel, motorists wait
- Oil firms to increase biodiesel price Sunday
APRIL
- More dev’t for C. Visayas urged
- Glut drives sugar prices to new lows
- Agri sub-sectors likely to miss Q1 growth targets
- DA sets sights on export market for special agri products
- Sweet sorghum eyed as ethanol source
- 30% of foreign agri firms’ output to go to local mart
- Power plants: UPLB leads in biofuel R&D
- Will sweet sorghum thrive in Capiz? DA to try
MARCH
- RP to beef up ethanol output with new ‘energy’ sugar variety
- China opens market to RP services
- The ‘other crisis’
- Basic Petroleum buys ethanol firm
- Petroleum Corp acquires bioethanol producer
- Ethanol boom seen to push RP sugar industry
- Biofuels 88 to build P700-M plant in Bataan
- GO bet Loren urges gov’t to help improve RP’s sugar industry
- Group hits delay in Biofuels Act
- 100 C. Luzon farmers give good start to ethanol production
- RP set to export sugar in September
- DA seeks foreign funds for 9 projects
FEBRUARY
- National Day of the Dominican Republic
- Pilot areas for planting of sweet sorghum picked
- Coco sugar good for diabetics
- Coconut sugar holds comm’l promise
- DA spearheads market access program this year
- Study shows positive impact of biotech crops
- NGO eyes sorghum as another ethanol source
- DA vows aid to local food exporters
- New plant provides power supply to Negros-Panay grid
- DA to field more agri attachés
JANUARY
- Chinese firm to build ethanol plant in RP
- GMA signs into law Biofuels Act requiring use of blended fuel in vehicles
- Biofuels for human survival
- NDC completes investments in San Carlos Bio-energy
- Cleaner air with biofuel
- Petron allots P260M for ethanol program
- Biofuels task force formed
- URC sets aside P7.1B for expansion