Sugarcane pest attacks other crops in Negros

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Negros Occidental Gov.

Eugenio Jose Lacson has agreed to create a province-wide task force to prevent the spread of highly destructive red-striped soft-scale insects (RSSI), which have now spread from sugarcane to other crops.

According to former Negros Occidental Governor Rafael Coscolluela, the new provincial body, once created, will ...