Two of the country’s sugar federations yesterday asked for the support of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines in asking the government to crack down on sugar smuggling.

Their petition was coursed through Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra to help curb sugar smuggling which threatens a major industry of the country and could undermine it so that its collapse could lead to the loss of work of some half a million sugar workers.

The two federations are the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters Multi-Purpose Cooperative and the NFSP, and the Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations Inc.

P3.8M fund out for 8
Neg. Occ. projects

Eight livelihood projects for workers in the informal sector in Negros Occidental recently received a total of P3.8 million in funding from the Department of Labor and Employment 6 that is expected to benefit 796 workers.

The Moises Padilla Multi-Purpose Cooperative received P1 million in check and equipment for its Training-Production on Vermi Composting Project and Organic Fertilizer Production for its 200 farmer-members.

The DOLE 6 released to La Castellana P980,000 for its integrated agricultural enterprise of  74 agrarian reform beneficiaries; Isabela,  P535,000,  frozen food and eatery business and integrated livelihood project of 157 women and workers; Hinigaran, P516,000 for rice milling and trading project of 113 ARBs

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