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                    [Title] => Gov’t, private sector kick off synchronized tree planting program DA-NTA pilots regreening project in tobacco areas
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To help restore  ecological integrity in tobacco growing regions, the Department of Agriculture’s National Tobacco Administration (DA-NTA) conducted recently synchronized tree planting activities in various areas in Regions I, II and the Cordillera Administrative Region.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 788258 [Title] => Universal Leaf steps up buying [Summary] =>

The Universal Leaf Philippines, Inc. (ULPI) has opened its tobacco buying stations in Candon, Ilocos Sur and Agoo, La Union where its warehouses are located.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787171 [Title] => ULPI opens tobacco buying stations [Summary] =>

The Universal Leaf Philippines Inc. (ULPI) has opened its tobacco buying stations in Candon, Ilocos Sur and Agoo, La Union where its warehouses are located.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 685782 [Title] => Isabela Burley: A world-class tobacco leaf [Summary] =>

The fertile soil of the Cagayan Valley, nourished by the mighty Cagayan River, and coupled with the humid weather condition resulted in the production of quality burley tobacco that is now sought after by cigarette manufacturers worldwide.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 583755 [Title] => Tobacco group rejects WHO proposal [Summary] =>

The Philippine Aromatic Tobacco Development Association (PATDA), an association of tobacco dealers, rejected yesterday the latest set of recommendations from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC), saying it would have a “catastrophic impact” on the jobs and livelihoods of tobacco growers in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523299 [Title] => Tobacco exporter helps rehabilitate irrigation systems [Summary] =>

A tobacco exporting firm has come to the succor of tobacco farmers in La Union and Pangasinan by donating cement for the rehabilitation of an irrigation system that was heavily damaged by typhoon Pepeng.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 491382 [Title] => Anak ng konsehal tiklo sa droga [Summary] =>

Rehas na bakal ang binagsakan ng isang anak ng city councilor matapos maaresto ng pulisya sa buy-bust operation kamakalawa ng gabi sa Barangay San Carlos, Lipa City, Batangas.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 48675 [Title] => Tsinoy trader dinukot sa Pasay [Summary] =>

Isa na namang ne­gosyanteng Tsinoy ang iniulat na dinukot ng mga armadong kala­lakihan sa Pasay City.

[DatePublished] => 2008-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1721131 [AuthorName] => Rose Tamayo-Tesoro [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263611 [Title] => Application of proper technology seen to save ailing tobacco sector [Summary] => Tobacco farmers and the business sector represented by leaf buyers have agreed that the application of proper agricultural technologies would guarantee high quality production and the survival of the ailing tobacco industry.

This came up at the end of the 2-day Tobacco Summit conference organized by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) last week.

The summit was also attended by officials of government financing institutions and support agencies whose varying fields of expertise are needed by the farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767161 [AuthorName] => Teddy Molina [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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