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20 toneladang asukal bumuhos sa gilid ng kalsada sa Negros Occidental

Martian Muyco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 10:51 AM

SAGAY CITY - Nasa 20 toneladang asukal ang bumuhos sa gilid ng kalsada dito sa siyudad matapos tumagilid ang isang truck, Biyernes.   Read more »

'Sin tax' on sugary drinks helps cut consumption, study finds

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 07:43 AM

New research backs the argument that "sin taxes" lead to a reduction in consumption, justifying the use of the duties in combating obesity and other health issues, its authors say. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 11:43 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Customs seizes P60-M smuggled goods from Hong Kong

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 04:28 PM

Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero joins Customs District Collector Maritess Martin during the presentation of seized smuggled sugar and firecrackers worth 60 million pesos at the New Container Terminal in Subic Bay Freeport on Friday.  Read more »

P60-M worth of misdeclared sugar, firecrackers seized at Subic port

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 12:20 PM

More than 21,000 bags of Thailand refined sugar and over a thousand boxes of firecrackers were seized by the Bureau of Customs on Friday. Read more »

'Sugar walk' ng bata mula Samar, viral sa social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 12:46 AM

Patok ngayon sa social media ang makaagaw-pansing pagrampa ng isang bata mula sa Samar. Read more »

Price cap sa asukal isinusulong ng consumer group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:14 AM

Ipinapanukala ng isang consumer group ang pagpataw ng suggested retail price sa asukal. Read more »

Payo ng dentista: Bawasan ang matatamis para iwas-sira sa ngipin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 12:18 PM

Dapat daw iwasan ang pagkain at pag-inom ng matatamis para maiwasang masira ang ngipin. Read more »

Rice prices to go down, sugar stable, trade dept says

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 03:57 PM

The price of the staple grain should go down to P32 per kilo from P39 while sugar prices should stay at P50 to P55 per kilo, Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castello said. Read more »

Presyo ng asukal, hindi dapat tumaas - SRA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 12:49 AM

Ayon sa Sugar Regulatory Administration, sapat ang supply nito kaya hindi dapat tumaas ang presyo. Read more »

One in five deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 04 11:14 AM

LONDON - Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global study found. Read more »

URC sees double-digit growth in flour business this 2019

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 02:25 PM

It recently inaugurated a P1-billion mill in Davao city, which houses URC’s flour and feed milling and Robina Farms, said president and CEO Irwin Lee. Read more »

Blocked merger 'lost opportunity' for sugar industry in Southern Luzon: RHI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:05 PM

RHI said the merger would have stirred productivity for the "extremely under-utilized facilities" of both URC and CADPI. Read more »

Anti-trust body blocks merger of URC, Roxas Holdings' sugar mill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:05 PM

MANILA -- The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on Thursday said it has blocked the merger between sugar millers Universal Robina Corp (URC) and Roxas Holdings Inc's (RHI) Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc (CADPI), saying the deal would lead to a monopoly.  Read more »

Gov't may allow more sugar imports once rice tariffs approved

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 10:57 PM

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said sugar is very expensive in the Philippines because the supply is provided by only a few players.  Read more »

7 menor de edad sinagip mula sa pinagtatrabahuhang tubuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 09:57 PM

Ibiniyahe mula Antipolo hanggang Batangas ang mga menor de edad para magtrabaho sa isang tubuhan.    Read more »

Bentahan ng murang bigas, asukal sa supermarkets umarangkada na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 08:16 PM

Nagsimula nang mangbenta ng mga murang commercial rice at asukal ang mga supermarket alinsunod sa isang programa ng Department of Trade and Industry.  Read more »

Philippine taxes on sugary drinks could avert thousands of deaths: WHO study

Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 07:38 AM

The Philippines could avert 24,000 premature deaths linked to diseases such as diabetes, stroke and heart failure in the next 2 decades after it adopted taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Taas-presyo sa asukal, isinisisi sa 'pananamantala' ng ilang retailer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 12:45 PM

Iginiit ng Sugar Regulatory Administration na walang problema sa supply ng asukal kasunod ng pagtaas ng presyo nito sa ilang mga palengke. Pero meron lang daw mga nagsasamantala. Read more »

Sugar shouldn't retail above P55/kilo: regulator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 10:39 AM

Refined sugar should be sold at P53 to P55 while raw sugar should retail for P45 to P48 with farm gate prices going down in the last 3 weeks.   Read more »