(Pixabay) The Senate will start on Tuesday, April 25, its public hearing on the alleged ‘’state-sponsored’’ smuggling of 400,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar last February. Invited by Senator Francis ‘’Tol’ Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, was Executive Secretary...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban has taken over the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) as its officer-in-charge, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) confirmed on Wednesday. *President Marcos and Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban (Bongbong...
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is requesting the government to allocate a portion of the limited sugar importation for the domestic food and processing industry, stating the high cost of sugar in the country could trigger another spike in inflation due to higher prices in...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Government operatives have seized personal items belonging to suspects in the March 4 murder of Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others in a sugar mill compound in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday evening, March 30, the Joint Task Force Negros (JTFN) said. The...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, March 30 called on the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to immediately schedule a public hearing on the new sugar smuggling plaguing the country, which she described as “state-sponsored.” Hontiveros made the call after Sen. Francis Tolentino, chairman of...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) have seized an assault rifle with a sniper scope, three magazines, and thousands of bullets in the premises of a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town, Negros Oriental province....
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have seized more firearms and ammunition in another search on the premises of a sugar mill in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Sunday night, March 26. A media release issued on Monday, March 27, by the...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Law enforcers are looking at possible “terrorist-related” activities in Negros Oriental following the confiscation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and components during a series of raids at a sugar mill in Santa Catalina town over the weekend. Col. Thomas...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed that his supposedly worsening health condition prompted David John Thaddeus Alba to step down from his post as the administrator of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). The PCO said this after the Agriculture deputy spokesperson Assistant...
Malacañang explained that the smuggled sugar donated to Kadiwa Centers had to be sold and not be given for free, in consideration of the interest of sugar producers and small farmers. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) issued a statement on Tuesday night, March 21, explaining that if...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon busted another nerve on Twitter after getting wind of news that sugar was in "short supply". As usual, Guanzon didn't mince her words on the topic as she felt that it was all a set-up to justify the importation of sugar. "Milling season ngayon ng sugar . Paano...
The Senate leadership has asked its Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to investigate on the entry of 260 vans of sugar that reportedly favors powerful players and importers and create virtual monopolies. Senator Risa Hontiveros Through her Senate Resolution (SR) No. 497, Senator Risa Hontiveros said the...
