Negros town forms task force for local crab industry amid US export ban

BACOLOD CITY—Mayor Matthew Louis Malacon of E.B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental created the Municipal Crab Industry Task Force (MCITF) to address the economic crisis that has hit the town’s blue swimming crab industry. Known as the “Blue Crab Capital” of Negros Occidental, E.B. Magalona relies heavily on the blue swimming crab industry to sustain the