+ Follow FARM BILL Tag
FARM BILL
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[ArticleID] => 934918
[Title] => SRA hikes production target
[Summary] => The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is raising its sugar production estimate for the year to 2.434 million metric tons (MT) from the inital projection of 2.356 (MT) made during the start of the cropping year.
[DatePublished] => 2013-04-26 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 773731
[Title] => SRA clarifies confusion over sugar allocation
[Summary] => The Sugar Regulatory Authority (SRA) is dispelling rumors that because of the deadline set on the verification of sugar, the unverified “A” sugar will be “homeless” or can no longer be exported to the United States under the quota.
[DatePublished] => 2012-02-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 459502
[Title] => Sugar prices to remain stable
[Summary] => The price of sugar will not go up in the coming months as the country’s supply level is enough to meet the demand.
[DatePublished] => 2009-04-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 14104
[Title] => BSP okays $20-M US PL 480 loan for AFMA budgetary support
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[DatePublished] => 2007-08-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 296339
[Title] => G-33 bloc to hold fort against US, EU superpowers in WTO talks in Hong Kong
[Summary] => Keeping the cohesiveness of the G-33 economic bloc of developing countries in the run up to the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong this December is proving to be an equally tough challenge for its members, as they chip on the woodwork put up by superpowers European Union (EU) and the US which aren’t bending a bit to end trade-distorting subsidies in agriculture.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[ArticleID] => 283695
[Title] => BSP okays $38.6-M loans for micro-enterprises
[Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved a $18.6-million worth of concessional loan for micro-enterprises in the rural areas and a $20-million commodity loan for budget support in 2005.
The Monetary Board of the BSP approved the commodity loan from the US under the Farm Bill or Public Law 480, an annual commodity loan facility used by the government to support its budget requirements.
Under the commodity loan, the US lends the Philippines the equivalent of $20 million worth of farm commodities, usually cereals like wheat, corn or rice.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-27 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
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[ArticleID] => 268471
[Title] => Foreign grants plunge 94% to only P74M in ’04
[Summary] => Troubled by corruption and low utilization capacity, foreign grants plummeted by 94 percent in 2004, reaching only P74 million from a high of P1.198 billion in 2003.
The Bureau of Treasury (BTr) reported Thursday that total foreign grant assistance to the Philippines amounted to only P74 million, mostly coming from Japan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of the World Bank.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 161547
[Title] => Arroyo government eyes $5.5-M debt-for-nature deal with US
[Summary] => The Arroyo Administration is negotiating with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for a $5.5-million debt-for-nature swap as the Bush administration agreed to ease the Philippines’ debt burden in exchange for allowing US troops back into the country.
The Department of Finance said US and Philippine officials are now reconciling their records to determine exactly how much the Philippines still owes the US and which of these debts would be covered in the swap.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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