The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has extended the arrival period for sugar ordered overseas until the end of October. DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, Sugar in Manila The SRA's order amended the February Sugar Order that allowed the importation of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar for...
Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza is batting for the institutionalization of long-term solutions toward agricultural self-sustainability instead of relying on stop-gaps for food security issues. Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Facebook) This,...
Eligible public and private health workers involved in pandemic health care response will soon get their unpaid special risk allowance (SRA), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM approved last Oct. 3 the release...
Former Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has come to the defense of the embattled former Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez and slagged the latter's critics. Mike Defensor (left) and Vic Rodriguez Defensor took to Facebook on late Tuesday night, Sept. 20 and attested to just how loyal...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri emphasized that th real issue in the sugar importation fiasco are the farmers. Zubiri underscored the need to protect the farmers as the Senate deliberates on the Senate Blue Ribbon committee’s report on the alleged sugar order importation scandal. During the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) says it has identified a potential source of funds for the P1-billion special risk allowance (SRA) of local health care workers (HCWs), which had been requested by the Department of Health (DOH). (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) During the DOH's budget hearing...
The House of Representatives will do its own thing as far as its recommendations on the sugar importation mess is concerned. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This can be gleaned from the statement of Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga,...
LUCENA CITY – Quezon 2nd District Rep. David ‘Jayjay’ Suarez has urged his fellow legislators to thoroughly study if the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is really fulfilling its mandate under Executive Order No. 18 and the Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015 (RA 10659). A message...
One of the leaders of the sugar producers groups said Tuesday they "were made to believe" that there was a need to import sugar as reportedly instructed by acting Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing,...
The final report on the sugar warehouse raid led by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can be expected in two weeks since the owners of the warehouses were given 15 days to present the proper documents to clear out allegations they were illegally importing and hoarding sugar. (Photo courtesy of BOC)...
The sugar import mess has taken a turn for the worse for resigned officers of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) as lawmakers on Monday, Aug. 22, mulled the possibility of demanding for stiff penalties for those responsible for the foiled attempt to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. has reconstituted the Sugar Regulatory Board (SRB) with three new appointees, including acting Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Administrator David John Thaddeus P. Alba. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Alba replaced former SRA...
