Some eye-popping figures came out of Cartoon Network’s latest study on Filipino children and their lifestyles.
P37 billion – spending power of kids in their “tweenies”, or kids seven to 14 years old
46% — of Filipino kids are now using the Internet versus 26% in the 2005 study
Here’s the video I took of the press conference on muscovado sugar. Enjoy!
I have packs and packs of muscovado sugar in my kitchen. Some of them have been there for months! I buy them in the grocery store on moments I feel like “going organic” or “going green”. But I forget to use them or fail to tell the maids to use them. The distinct flavor that comes with the brown sweetness takes some getting used to, I guess.
But when I talked to muscovado sugar farmers at the Good News Kapihan yesterday, I realized that with all the chemicals used in making sugar come in white granules, we could be slowly putting in toxins in our body or killing the environment with pesticides. (Here’s an excerpt but you can read my entire article here.)
A lot of people use “sweetness” to get their way. For muscovado farmers Reynic S. Alo of Negros province and Cornelio E. Castañeda Jr. of Sultan Kudarat, it brought in money, a business that is not only good for the environment but also helps poor farmers in the countryside.
(Photo from AFP)
By Amy R. Remo
Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines–The local banana industry is poised to take advantage of the projected growth in world banana exports, estimated to reach 15 million metric tons by 2010, according to the Department of Agriculture’s Strategic Plan for bananas.
Banana exports already reached 12.94 million MT in 2004.
The DA said it believes that prospects for banana, which has been a consistent top dollar earner, remains promising, both for the domestic and foreign markets.
