Drones battle sugarcane pest outbreak across Negros, Panay

BACOLOD CITY—The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has begun drone and manual spraying of insecticides in sugarcane fields in Isabela, Negros Occidental, to contain the spread of the highly destructive red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI). Sugar Board Member David Andrew Lizares Sanson said on Sunday that spraying operations started last week in several barangays in Isabela