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 Until recently, parents trying to control the sugar intake of their children fought a losing battle. With the wide assortment of sugar-loaded products on the market, they could only resort to deprivation with feeble results.

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The Bureau of Customs (BOC) plans to slap a 38 percent tariff on refined sugar with other ingredients, or refined sugar premixes with very high sugar content.

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The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) reported yesterday that a total of 217,814 metric tons of imported sugar has arrived as of Sept. 8. The stocks are intended to fill the supply gap during the lean months.

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The intense heat of summer makes dressing up to keep your cool more challenging. Lighter fabrics are first that come into mind. But who says jeans can’t keep you cool this season?

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The Department of Agriculture will distribute bags of refined sugar to government stores starting this weekend due to the shortage of the commodity, officials said yesterday.

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It embarked on a P100-million expansion program in mid-2004 that included retooling its facilities and replacing its bunker-guzzling boilers with cheaper indigenous fuel alternatives.
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"The main end of life is not to do but to become," F. B. Meyer said. And for this we are being prepared every day. As silver is refined by fire, the heart is often refined in the furnace of sadness. The Psalmist said in his sorrow, "We went through fire" (Psalm 66:12).
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This development would mean increased demand for raw seaweed requirement, and employment opportunities especially for the Cebuanos.

Shemberg president and chief executive officer (CEO) Benson U. Dakay said the company now captures 30 percent of the total refined carrageenan market globally, rest of the demand are served by other seaweed processing plants across the globe.
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The BIR has issued a new revenue regulation setting the VAT parameters for all classes of refined sugar, such as washed sugar, direct consumption sugar, plantation white sugar, standard sugar, improved raw sugar, premium improved raw sugar and premium sugar.
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 Until recently, parents trying to control the sugar intake of their children fought a losing battle. With the wide assortment of sugar-loaded products on the market, they could only resort to deprivation with feeble results.

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The intense heat of summer makes dressing up to keep your cool more challenging. Lighter fabrics are first that come into mind. But who says jeans can’t keep you cool this season?

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The Department of Agriculture will distribute bags of refined sugar to government stores starting this weekend due to the shortage of the commodity, officials said yesterday.

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It embarked on a P100-million expansion program in mid-2004 that included retooling its facilities and replacing its bunker-guzzling boilers with cheaper indigenous fuel alternatives.
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This development would mean increased demand for raw seaweed requirement, and employment opportunities especially for the Cebuanos.

Shemberg president and chief executive officer (CEO) Benson U. Dakay said the company now captures 30 percent of the total refined carrageenan market globally, rest of the demand are served by other seaweed processing plants across the globe.
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The BIR has issued a new revenue regulation setting the VAT parameters for all classes of refined sugar, such as washed sugar, direct consumption sugar, plantation white sugar, standard sugar, improved raw sugar, premium improved raw sugar and premium sugar.
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