₱677.8-M aid released for 66,000 Negros sugarcane farmers, workers

Inquirer.net - Oct 27, 2026

BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disbursed P677.8 million so far under its Uplift Disaster Assistance Program to assist small sugarcane farmers and laborers across the Negros Island Region (NIR) affected by the red-stripe soft-scale insect infestation. DSWD-NIR Regional Director Arwin Razo said the agency’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information

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