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Lawmakers from Negros Island and other sugar-producing areas on Wednesday opposed the proposal of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno liberalizing sugar importation, saying it will kill the domestic sugar industry. Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez of the Third District of Negros Occidental led his colleagues in filing House Resolution No. 1199, expressing…
BACOLOD CITY: The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) wants to restore its P2 billion budget as mandated by the Sugar Industry Development Program fund for 2024.
(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.