Calamity state to stay in Negros Occidental amid infestation

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The state of calamity in Negros Occidental will remain in effect as Red Striped Soft-Scale Insects (RSSI) have infested 32.18 percent of the province’s sugarcane fields, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday. Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Pablo Luis Azcona and United Sugar Producers Federation president Manuel Lamata briefed