The Philippines’ sugar production is projected to remain flat next year, even as farmers face declining mill site prices due to the commodity’s stable supply, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Based on its Sugar Annual report for the Philippines, USDA’s Foreign...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay on Thursday, Feb. 20, called on the national government to set a clear-cut policy to stop importing sugar during the harvest season, saying that this is one of the most effective ways to help Filipino farmers and the sugar...
Japan has turned over P314 million-worth of agricultural equipment to sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental. In a ceremony held over the weekend, the Japanese Embassy in Manila joined in the inauguration of machinery for Bacolod City farmers that it offered under its non-project grant...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has increased the maternity and death benefits for workers in the sugar industry under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) fund. This, after Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma signed DOLE Administrative Order No. 318, expanding the workers’...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, June 30 cautioned the Marcos administration against rushing the plan to further liberalize the sugar industry by allowing industrial users to import their own sugar needs to alleviate price increases amid moves to tax sugary food and...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 23, expressed his support for the sugar industry and the sugar farmers. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged irregularities on sugar importation under Sugar Order...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Tuesday, May 23, lamented the decline of the Philippine sugar industry. During the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing on the alleged "state-sponsored" smuggling of 440,000 metric tons of sugar last February, Padilla noted that the Philippines exported sugar...
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...
Following a proposal by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import sugar, Senator Richard Gordon has pitched for the development of the Philippine sugar industry and to help farmers earn more through innovation. “ palakasin ang capability at capacity...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV” Estrada said he would push for the revival of the sugar industry once he gets a fresh term in the Senate in the May 2022 elections. Ejercito said he hopes to strengthen the Sugarcane Industry Development Act and the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, both...
