About 4,000 Negrenses staged a protest in front of the Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc. [CCBPI] bottling plant in Barangay...Wednesday morning to protest the company’s use of imported instead of locally grown sugar...The protest was spearheaded by Sugar Watch, composed mainly of labor groups and agrarian reform beneficiaries, in cooperation with the Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations, the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters, United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines and other sugar groups...The group wants CCBPI to buy local sugar to ensure the survival of the Philippine sugar industry..They also want CCBPI to stop using high-fructose corn syrup in its products which, he said, is bad for one’s health...Reached for comment, Cat Avelino, Coca Cola Corporate Communications director, said the company had no comment at this time. The company maintains it has been operating in compliance with the law.