As sugarcane producers urged the government to import sugar to avoid supply shortages in the country, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said that they agency is currently studying its importation plans. In a briefing, SRA administrator Pablo Azcona said they must identify the sugar...
The Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) announced that sugar production exceeded the government's target despite the challenges posed by El Niño. In a statement, the group of sugar millers said that the industry produced 1.86 million metric tons of raw sugar during crop year 2023-2024,...
Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has urged to fast-track the creation of a mapping system to track hospitals that have not received health emergency allowances. During a radio interview, Pangandaman called on the Department of Health (DOH) to address the issues...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released over P91.28 billion for public health emergency benefits and allowances (PHEBA) for healthcare workers. According to the DBM, these funds have been disbursed to the Department of Health (DOH) for the years 2021 (P12.1 billion), 2022...
Former administrator Hermenegildo R. Serafica of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has been ordered charged before the Sandiganbayan with violation of Republic Act No. 9184, the Government Procurement Reform Act, for alleged delays in the procurement of land tractors and harrows. Also,...
Cartel behavior is to blame for the unabated high prices of sugar in the market, Senator Risa Hontiveros said. The senator lamented that the price of sugar should have dropped in the market following Malacañang's directive to allow the importation of 440,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar but this...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugene Jose Lacson has welcomed the appointment of Pablo Luis Azcona as the acting administrator and chief executive officer of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). AZCONA “It’s good. Again, we’ve always wanted a Negrense to head the SRA,”...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) The scheduled April 25 hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the alleged ‘’state-sponsored’’ smuggling of sugar will not push through. The reason, according to Senator Francis ‘’Tol’ Tolentino, committee chairman, is that Department of...
(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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) Senator Risa Hontiveros is disappointed with Malacañang's appointment of Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban as Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) officer in charge (OIC). ‘’Panganiban arrogated unto himself the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, February 23 warned Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Domingo Panganiban that he could be held criminally and administratively liable for allowing three businesses to import sugar ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6. Panganiban, in a...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is hoping that the importation of 440,000 metric tons of refined sugar would lead to the reduction of its suggested retail price in the market by 85 percent. But Pablo Luis Azcona, board member and Planters representative of the SRA, assured that they will...
