Marcos to DA: Stabilize sugar prices ASAP
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Agriculture to stabilize the country’s sugar prices after a 38 percent increase in sugar prices in November.
Tag: Sugar
WATCH | Much work remains to fix sugar woes: Marcos
There is still much work to be done to address the current issues facing the country’s sugar industry, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
Much work remains to fix sugar woes: Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that much work remains to be done to fully address long-standing challenges besetting the sugar industry.
Makabayan seeks VAT exemption for sugar, bread, instant noodles, canned goods
Members of the Makabayan bloc have jointly filed a measure seeking to exempt sugar, bread, and other basic commodities from the imposition of a 12% VAT amid surging prices.
Ex-ES Rodriguez accountable for withholding details of virtual meeting on sugar import plan – Hontiveros
Senator Risa Hontiveros wants former Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez be held accountable for supposedly withholding details about the supposed August 4 virtual meeting with President Marcos and some concerned officials on the sugar import plan.
Tolentino, Hontiveros clash over sugar importation fiasco report
Two senators got into a heated argument over the findings of the Senate blue ribbon report that cleared Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez from the sugar import mess.
WATCH | Epic fail for Little President: Vic Rodriguez ‘mishandled’ sugar importation- Hontiveros
Senator Risa Hontiveros believes Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez should be held liable for the unauthorized plan to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar even if he has been cleared by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Committee de abswelto? Tolentino’s panel charged mere ‘fall guys’ in sugar import mess – Hontiveros
Senator Risa Hontiveros has expressed alarm at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report that recommended the filing of charges against suspended Agriculture Usec. Leocadio Sebastian and three former executives of the sugar board in connection with the controversial sugar import order.
‘No sufficient evidence’ vs Rodriguez in sugar import fiasco – Tolentino
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino there’s no enough grounds to charge Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez in connection with the issuance of Sugar Order No. 4 that should’ve led in the large-scale importation of sugar.
BI is watching: Senate panel seeks inclusion of 4 SRA execs in immigration lookout bulletin
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has ordered the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to place four former officials of the Sugar Regulatory Authority (SRA) under the immigration lookout bulletin after recommending the filing of charges over the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar.
