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,...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is investigating the low trading price of sugar last week amid efforts to maintain prices at P3,000 per 50-kilogram bag. Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona considered the development a “bit surprising” and said the SRA is now...
BACOLOD CITY – Sugar Regulatory Administration Administrator Pablo Luis "Paul" Azcona visited the Victorias Milling Company (VMC) in Barangay 17, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, a day after its raw sugar warehouse was razed by a fire on Sunday night, August 27. SUGAR Regulatory Administration...
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...
Foreign business chambers are seeking for reconsideration on the proposed new taxes on junk food and higher tax rate on sugar sweetened beverages so as not to aggravate the already elevated inflation level in the country and avoid discrimination to certain businesses. In a statement, the members of...
(Unsplash) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes is on board with the Department of Finance's (DOF) push to increase the tax levied on junk food and sweetened beverages as a way to address diseases arising from poor diet. Reyes, a rookie congressman, has already filed a measure to achieve this in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) leads the distribution of P10,000 ayuda to displaced sugar farmers in Balayan, Batangas. (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the distribution of P10,000 worth of cash assistance or "ayuda" each to some 800 sugar farmers in Batangas...
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...
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Tuesday, May 23, told Senate probers that the importation of 440,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar is legitimate and fully authorized by the government. Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the entries of sugar...
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...
Congress should move to pass laws that would punish government officials who are involved in the facilitation of smuggling of agricultural products. Similar to the country’s anti-trafficking laws, Senator Risa Hontiveros said it is high-time that government officials who facilitate, conspire...
