Four leaders of the country’s sugar industry have asked the Senate and House of Representatives to conduct a “full-blown investigation” on what they described as “blatant cases of sugar smuggling” following the arrival of 100,000 bags of refined sugar from Thailand worth P400 million.
Senator Risa Hontiveros hinted about competing interests within the administration as she scored President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s apparent laxness in addressing the sugar industry’s problems.
There is still much work to be done to address the current issues facing the country’s sugar industry, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that much work remains to be done to fully address long-standing challenges besetting the sugar industry.
Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and his running mate vice presidential Sara Duterte vowed to look into the problems of the local sugar industry and offer solutions.
Senator Miguel Zubiri: Posibleng mamatay ang sugar industry
