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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, February 21 questioned the entry of 260 20-foot containers containing sugar shipment at the port of Batangas ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6 by the Sugar Regulatory Administration last February 15, calling it “bewildering and highly...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P90 million worth of cigarettes and sugar believed to have been smuggled into the country following an inspection on container vans at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Friday, Feb. 17. Newly-installed BOC...
Gabriela on Friday, Feb. 17, restated the consequences of “too much” importation, stressing that it harms local production of agricultural goods and displaces small-scale farmers. Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas said the national government’s plan to import 440,000...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, February 16 questioned the Sugar Regulatory Administration's (SRA) plan to import 440,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar saying the agency should explain why they need such a huge volume. Hontiveros aired her concern following the reported release of Sugar Order No....
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...
The Philippines has secured a commitment from an international firm to boost sugar sufficiency and ethanol production in the country, Malacañang announced. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, Feb. 6, DATAGRO, a...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Cut the salt, cut the sugar, but you can keep the chocolate milk. The US Agriculture Department proposed new standards on Friday aimed at tackling obesity and providing millions of American children with more nutritious school meals. "Many children aren't getting the...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon questioned the planned move of the Marcos administration to import sugar when “milling season” in the country has begun, hinting at the possibility of someone financially benefiting from it. Ex-Comelec commissioner and P3PWD...
A two-month buffer stock of sugar will be maintained in order to avoid a shortage of the commodity in the country, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yields at least 60,000 sacks of suspected hoarded sugar in their inspection of four warehouses in Guiguinto,...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs confiscated 80,000 bags of refined sugar, which are believed to be smuggled from Thailand, during an anti-smuggling operation in Batangas. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said each of the bags contains 50 kilograms of sugar for a total of 4,000 metric...
More than P23.8 million worth of refined sugar were seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) as the Bureau of the Customs (BOC) continues its aggressive operation against smuggling of agricultural products into the country. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the sacks of...
