Negros sugar farmers get P410.3M in cash aid

BACOLOD CITY—Some 39,847 sugarcane farmers in Negros Island have received P410.28 million in emergency cash transfers (ECT) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to help offset losses caused by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI), Regional Director Arwin Razo said on Sunday. Razo said aid distribution would continue until the end of