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By Jasper Y. Arcalas, BusinessMirror, 7 Feb 2020 BANANA exporters may soon feel the pinch of the slowdown in China’s economic activity due to the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV), as Chinese buyers have stopped ordering Philippine bananas.

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By Jasper Y. Arcalas, Businessmirror, Apr 3, 2017 Banana farmers on Monday asked the government to step up its campaign against members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who have been attacking banana plantations in Mindanao for not paying “revolutionary taxes”.

By Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Oct. 17, 2016 The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) said the comparative advantage and competitiveness of the Philippines in banana production are slowly eroding.

ROME—The United Nations warned on Monday of the potential “massive destruction” of the world’s $5.0-billion (3.6-billion euro) a year banana crop as a plant disease spreads from Asia to Africa and the Middle East.

Banana workers who say they were injured from harmful pesticides while working for the company signed a release agreeing not to sue Dole again for their injuries.

Dole Philippines will send its first ever shipment of Cavendish to the United States, the Department of Agriculture said Monday. The company is prepared to ship the bananas as soon as the US releases the paper work covering the deal, according to a Dole official who asked not to be named, as he is not…

MANILA, Philippines – Banana growers are seeking assistance in the form of subsidies from the government amid the imposition of strict requirements of Chinese authorities on the entry of Philippine bananas as well as talks between the Chinese government and Ecuador for the supply of Cavendish bananas in China.

EMPLOYERS belonging to the Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association Inc. (PBGEA) are requesting the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) to defer any increase in the minimum wages, insisting that their people are already properly compensated under collective management agreements (CBAs).

Davao City — The operation of some 40 hectares of cavendish banana farms in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province of the Dizon Farms Inc. will be shut down as the area has been infected with Fusarium Wilt, or the Panama disease.

DAVAO CITY—Marino Lactao woke up one morning in October to find dozens of his banana plants wilted.

A GROUP of local banana growers on Monday expressed alarm over the resurgence of a fungal disease that can wipe out banana plantations in Mindanao.

Banana exporters in Mindanao are worried over the rising value of the peso against the US dollar, saying it is making them less competitive in the world market.

THE MINDANAO Development Authority (MinDA) has taken a step towards the establishment of a body that will conduct scientific research to improve banana growing on the island, an official statement released on Thursday said.

A GROUP of banana growers on Tuesday said the government should lobby for lower tariffs on locally grown Cavendish banana among the country’s trading partners. In a statement, the Pilipino Banana Growers & Exporters Association Inc. warned that it may lose market share if the government fails to negotiate for tariff cuts in traditional exports…

To the ordinary consumer, bananas are considered commonplace and cheap. It is an everyday fruit, available year round. But in the eyes of an external auditor, bananas are a delicate commodity, a highly perishable fruit in an industry fraught with social, economic and political implications.

MANILA, Philippines—With most of their crops already contaminated with radiation, Japan has opted to import more fruit and vegetables from abroad such as bananas from the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. is urging banana growers to work closely with Congress in drawing up new laws for the banana industry.

MANILA, Philippines – The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) has asked to strengthen the sector by adopting a code of good practices to make the industry fully compliant with local and international labor standards.

LISTED Chemrez Technologies, Inc. and Dole Asia Ltd. have expressed interest in a newly developed organic control for crown rot, a disease found in bananas.

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) — After the pilot voluntary code of good practices on decent work in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE XI) launched yesterday a voluntary code in the banana industry as well.

THE Department of Agriculture plans to commercialize an organic pesticide for bananas to help prolong the shelf-life of the fruits during transit to overseas markets.

MANILA, Philippines –  Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, said he will push for the immediate implementation of several measures to strengthen the Philippine export banana industry which is now encountering problems with Iran.

MANILA, Philippines – There is no decision to ban or place obstacles to the importation of Philippine bananas into the Iranian market, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) – Leftist rebels destroyed a banana plantation in the southern Philippines Friday afternoon, local officials said.

DAVAO CITY—The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) asked the Senate to still consider the options that the industry has presented to government despite its assurance that the Iran market, the single biggest importer of Philippine Cavendish bananas, has resumed normal buying.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is eyeing China, Malaysia and Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar as new market for its banana exports, Agriculture Undersecretary for special concerns Berna Romulo-Puyat said yesterday.

WE WISH to call attention to Judy Quiros’ news report titled “Iran embargo used as excuse to exempt firms from wage hikes.” (Inquirer, 10/28/10) The report inaccurately attributed to me this statement: “She said for the banana industry, giving wage increase to workers at this time was simply not possible.” (Paragraph 8)

MANILA, Philippines – Banana growers in Davao have gained the support of the Church in their appeal to the government not to ban aerial spraying for banana plants in the region.