Two executives of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) stepped down from their posts amid the aborted sugar importation controversy. Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 16, the resignation of SRA Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica and Board Member and miller's representative Roland...
After the resignation of Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian, the ongoing investigation on the "illegal" sugar importation order pushes through, Malacañang said. (Courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said the recent development will be part of the facts of the ongoing...
San Jose Del Monte City Rep. Florida Robes on Sunday, Aug. 14, promised that the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability, which she chairs, will “seek the truth” about the sugar importation mess during a briefing scheduled tomorrow, Monday. Sugar (Pixabay) The lawmaker...
A pro-farmer congressman has some very unsavory things to say about the personalities behind the whole sugar importation mess. (Unsplash) "Sa gitna ng pagdurusa ng ating mga magsasaka, walang puwang ang ano mang katiwalian sa pamahalaan (There is no place for corruption in government amid the...
Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian has stepped down from his post amid the ongoing probe on the "illegal" sugar importation order. (Courtesy of OPS) Through a letter to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. dated Aug. 11, Sebastian resigned as the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Heads will roll over the illegal order on sugar importation, Malacañang said. But for now, it will have to wait for the investigation on the incident to be completed. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of OP) This was the Palace's response on the call of Senator Imee Marcos...
Malacañang is now investigating the unauthorized signing of an order allowing the importation of additional sugar supply, calling the resolution "illegal." Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of the Office of Press Secretary) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles disclosed that the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has rejected the proposal to import 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar amid the rising prices of the commodity. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed the decision of the...
The country's sugar supply may run out by August should the government prohibit the importation of sugar, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said. Sugar (MB File Photo) It noted that only one of the 13 refineries is operational as most of them stopped their operations in May. "If we rely on...
Senator Imee Marcos has warned that the government is about to violate the law in resuming the importation of 200,000 metric tons of sugar despite two court orders suspending it. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate committee on economic affairs, said that the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them. Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made the call after the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is calling on the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to suspend another round of sugar importation which has supposedly been already scheduled despite injunction orders from the courts. Zubiri made the appeal, Thursday, saying local sugar farmers sought for his...
