Philippine sugar industry leaders have recently intensified calls and lobby work to exempt local sugar from the compulsory tariff reduction program under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). The AFTA seeks to eliminate all tariffs on imported sugar by 2010. BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 BACOLOD City…
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Kalinga People Resist Corporate Mining
BY LYN V. RAMO, NORDIS Bulatlat.com In another display of people’s unity, indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector in Kalinga province banded together to put a stop to all corporate mining activities in the province. TABUK, Kalinga (330 kms, north of Manila) — Indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector…