Alvarez to support HOR probe on sugar smuggling
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 6th District Rep. Mercedes Alvarez yesterday said that she will support the conduct of a probe against sugar
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• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 6th District Rep. Mercedes Alvarez yesterday said that she will support the conduct of a probe against sugar
(File photo) MANILA - The move to import around 450,000 metric tons of sugar by the Department of Agriculture (DA) is aimed at managing inflation and building a buffer stock that will adequately meet the country's sugar requirements, a senior Agriculture official said on Wednesday. In a press briefing at Malacanan Palace, DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said they acted on the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to immediately address inflation due to supply issues. "In response to the directive of the President to address inflation and create a buffer stock and ...
There were no irregularities in the government’s importation of some 450,000 metric tons of sugar before the Sugar Regulatory Administration issued Sugar Order No. 6, Malacañang officials clarified yesterday.