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It was the initial shipment of organic rice stocks produced locally by farm communities in eight towns and cities in Negros Occidental, which are being assisted by the Broad Initiatives for Negros Development Inc. (BIND).
The rice exports were produced in organic farms being cultivated by 5,000 BIND-assisted farmers in Calatrava, Don Salvador Benedicto, Murcia, Pontevedra, San Enrique, La Castellana, Bago and La Carlota, Negros Occidental.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096446 [AuthorName] => Antonieta Lopez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249322 [Title] => Election hopes sour in sugar heartland [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY Sugar isnt as sweet as it once was for the landowners of Negros in the central Philippines.
In the old days, when world sugar prices were riding high, they were the acknowledged kingmakers of Philippine politics, widely credited or blamed for helping to install Ferdinand Marcos in his presidency, which turned into a dictatorship.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487511 [AuthorName] => Manny Mogato [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
It was the initial shipment of organic rice stocks produced locally by farm communities in eight towns and cities in Negros Occidental, which are being assisted by the Broad Initiatives for Negros Development Inc. (BIND).
The rice exports were produced in organic farms being cultivated by 5,000 BIND-assisted farmers in Calatrava, Don Salvador Benedicto, Murcia, Pontevedra, San Enrique, La Castellana, Bago and La Carlota, Negros Occidental.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096446 [AuthorName] => Antonieta Lopez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249322 [Title] => Election hopes sour in sugar heartland [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY Sugar isnt as sweet as it once was for the landowners of Negros in the central Philippines.
In the old days, when world sugar prices were riding high, they were the acknowledged kingmakers of Philippine politics, widely credited or blamed for helping to install Ferdinand Marcos in his presidency, which turned into a dictatorship.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487511 [AuthorName] => Manny Mogato [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
By Antonieta Lopez | June 12, 2004 - 12:00am