The sugar industry is gearing up for a major expansion as thousands of hectares of arable lands, mostly in Mindanao, are being tapped as future source of one of the country's major exports, a government press release said.

The Philippine sugar industry is too important to ignore and neglect, said Emil Q. Javier, president of the Natonal Academy of Science and Technology, who talked at the Roundtable Discussion of the Sugar Industry Cluster last Thursday in Pasay City.

Javier cited Lanao del Norte, South Cotabato, Saranggani, Agusan del Norte and Sur, Maguindanao, Central Palawan, Cagayan and Isabela and Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato as the areas being eyed by the government as future sugar plantations, the Philippine News Agency said.

Tiangge-type mall
opens in Bacolod

Calling their mall the “Divisoria of Bacolod,” William Ong, president of Bacolod Capitol Hill Land Development Corp., said 888 Chinatown Square, set to open on Feb. 29, will have a different shopping atmosphere from the other major malls in the city.

“You will enjoy shopping here,” said Ong, who announced the mall’s soft opening with vice president for operations Carlson Ty and mall manager Ramel Flandes in a press conference at the Beijing Foodcourt yesterday.

“How did we have the courage and guts to put up a mall like this? I believe we have a different concept,” he said of the tiangge-type mall at the corner of Gatuslao Street and Cottage Road.

Globe project wins
Grand Anvil Award

Globe Telecoms received the Grand Anvil Award for its flagship corporate social responsibility program at the recent  43rd Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines, the company said in a press release.

The award was given to the Globe Bridging Communities (Globe BridgeCom), a program which aims to serve communities by empowering local leaders and micro-entrepreneurs through various community and enterprise development projects.

It also supports and improves education initiatives by harnessing mobile and information technology and empowering the youth, the press release said.

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