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Marcos' approval to sell seized sugar legal: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 09:15 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday defended President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approval to sell seized smuggled sugar, citing the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. Read more »

Agri dept expects lower sugar prices after clearing imports

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 06:16 PM

Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban estimates that the retail price of refined sugar will slightly go down to P80-85 per kilo in two weeks' time. Read more »

Agri exec answers alleged anomaly in sugar importation

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 03:32 AM

Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said he was acting "with haste" when he ordered the importation of sugar ahead of the publication of SO-6. Read more »

DA says validating 'irregularities' in sugar imports

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 05:15 PM

The Department of Agriculture said it is validating claims of irregularities in the recently approved sugar importation order amid alleged "state-sanctioned smuggling." Read more »

PH to import 450,000 metric tons of sugar for 2023

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 12:46 AM

The Sugar Regulatory Administration is preparing to import 450,000 metric tons of sugar for this year. Read more »

SRA eyes selling smuggled white sugar in Kadiwa stores

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 03:05 PM

SRA said it would recommend to President Marcos to sell to Kadiwa outlets the 4,000 metric tons of smuggled white sugar seized in a Batangas port. Read more »

Gov't should go after 'big time' agri smugglers, senators say

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 05:10 PM

Malacañang's findings were in contrast with the Senate Blue Ribbon panel's recommendation of charges against the accused Agriculture officials. Read more »

Marcos: 2022 sugar import mess a 'procedural mistake'

Katrina Domingo and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 05:46 PM

A Palace probe 'absolved of any liability' several SRA officials tagged in a botched sugar importation order last year. Read more »

Senado inaprubahan ang committee report sa 'sugar fiasco' probe

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 08:35 PM

Inaprubahan na ng Senado ngayong Lunes ang report ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee mula sa naging imbestigasyon nito sa kontrobersyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

'BBM Sugar:' Mas murang asukal, ibinebenta sa SRA offices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 04:54 PM

Nasa P70 kada kilo ang ibinebentang asukal na may tag na BBM Sugar, sa mga tanggapan ng SRA sa Quezon City at sa Bacolod. Read more »

DA eyes releasing suggested retail price for sugar

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 07:45 PM

The Department of Agriculture is eyeing to release a suggested retail price for sugar as prices continue to soar. Read more »

DOH says to speed up release of health worker benefits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 06:10 PM

The DOH said it would fast-track the release of additional funds for the unpaid benefits of health workers. Read more »

DOH eyes release of health workers' COVID-19 allowance next week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:17 PM

The health workers are entitled to receive P5,000 for every month they are serving during the period of state of national emergency, the DBM said. Read more »

Gov't OKs additional P1.04-B for COVID-19 health care workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 09:36 AM

Government has approved a P1.04 billion Special Allotment Release Order for the special risk allowance of eligible health workers involved in COVID-19 health care, the Department of Budget and Management said on Tuesday. Read more »

Bill seeks to abolish Sugar Regulatory Administration

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 06:51 PM

A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to abolish the Sugar Regulatory Administration following its alleged illegal go signal for imports. Read more »

Committee report sa Sugar Order No. 4, sumalang sa interpellation sa Senado

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 10:08 PM

Muling sumalang sa interpellation sa Senado ang Committee Report No. 3 ni Sen. Francis Tolentino kaugnay ng naging resulta ng imbestigayon ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa kontrobersiyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

SRA says sugar to fall to P70-P80 per kilo by November

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:19 PM

The price of sugar in Philippine markets is expected to stabilize at P70 to P80 per kilo by November, an official of the Sugar Regulatory Administration said. Read more »

Farmers' group opposes sugar import plan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 06:27 PM

A farmers' group opposed the government's plan to import up to 150,000 metric tons of sugar to address the purported shortage of the commodity. Read more »

'PH sugar crisis a state-sponsored monopsony'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 05:42 PM

The high cost of sugar in the country is a result of a "state-sponsored monopsony," a lawmaker said Wednesday. Read more »

SRA approves import of 150,000 metric tons of sugar

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 12:19 PM

The Sugar Board of the Sugar Regulatory Administration has authorized the importation of up to 150,000 metric tons of refined sugar. Read more »