LISTED sugar and ethanol producer Roxas Holdings, Inc. (RHI) on Wednesday denied rumors that two of its subsidiaries were responsible for a recent fish kill incident in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental.

Florencio Mamauag Jr., RHI vice president for legal and corporate affairs, said Roxol Bioenergy Corp. (Roxol) and Central Azucarera de la Carlota, Inc. did not discharge wastewater into the Marayo River, which is connected to the Tuburan Creek which was reportedly affected by the fish kill.

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