Sugar industry stakeholders on Friday lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s rejection of a proposed order to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar.
SCRAPPED. Refined and brown sugar sold in retail at a supermarket in Bacolod City in the second week of August. Planters' groups based in Negros Occidental, the country's top sugar-producing province, have welcomed the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to scrap the proposed importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar.(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - Planters' groups based in Negros Occidental, the country's top sugar-producing province, have welcomed the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to scrap the proposed importation of 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar. In a statement on Friday, the Asociacion de Agricultores de La Carlota y Pontevedra Inc. (AALCPI) and the La Carlota Mill District Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LCMDMPC), through general manager David Alba, said as the milling season starts, the move to import additional sugar is ill-advised. "We are thankful that President Marcos vetoed the order as five mills in Negros Occidental already
SRA Board Member Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama; right photo, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with Personal Adviser for Western Visayas - Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer is hoping that the scarcity of sugar supply will be addressed with the reopening of sugar
(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - At least three sugar refineries in Negros Occidental have committed to resume operations ahead of the official start of the milling season in September in the wake of a reported shortage in shortage supply. The response came after the call of Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer on sugar mills to reopen "as soon as possible" to "allay fears" of consumers. These include the Victorias Milling Company (VMC) in Victorias City, Universal Robina Corp. (URC) in La Carlota City, and the Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Company (BISCOM) in Binalbagan town. "They are all willing to reopen and mill early once raw sugar is available," said David Alba, general manager of the Asociacion de Agricultores de La Carlota y Pontevedra (AALCPI), in a statement on Thursday. Alba said the AALCPI, along with other industry stakeholders, are helping Ferrer reach out to the various sugar mills. He added that VMC president Minnie Chua has assured them "t