Negros town reels from crab ban, sugarcane pest

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The local economy of Enrique B. Magalona town in Negros Occidental has been hit hard by the US ban on Philippine blue swimming crab exports, affecting about 40 percent of local economic activity and costing hundreds of jobs, Mayor Matthew Louis Malacon said on Thursday. To cushion the impact