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Pag-angkat ng dagdag na asukal inaprubahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 07:13 PM

Inaprubahan ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang muling pag-aangkat ng dagdag na asukal sa bansa. 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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 16, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 12:19 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Repacking sugar

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 05:31 PM

Workers repack different types of sugar at a store in Visayas Avenue Wet And Dry Public Market in Quezon City on Thursday Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 19, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 12:09 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Unloading the sweet stuff

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 05:42 PM

A vendor unloads a sack of sugar before accommodating customers at Bagong Silang Public Market in Caloocan on Thursday. Read more »

Higher sugar prices, imports during peak season surprise producers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 07:00 PM

The order of President Marcos to expedite the importation of over 64,000 metric tons of sugar is untimely since local millers are in full swing. Read more »

DA orders immediate importation of 64,050 MT of refined sugar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:30 PM

The Department of Agriculture has ordered the fast-tracking of the importation of refined sugar to stabilize the prices of the commodity amid high inflation. 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 »

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 »

Sugar import probe report referred to Senate plenary

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 09:31 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon's Committee Report No. 3, containing the panel's findings on the recent sugar importation fiasco, was formally referred Monday to the plenary. Read more »

Senate panel pinakakasuhan ang mga pumirma sa sugar import order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 08:46 PM

Inirekomenda ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee na kasuhan ng Office of the Ombudsman ang 4 na opisyal na pumirma sa kontrobersiyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

Senate blue ribbon subpoenas Rodriguez to sugar probe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 12:08 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee voted to subpoena Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez to compel him to attend its investigation on sugar importation. Read more »

Pagliban ni Vic Rodriguez sa Senate hearing sa asukal, ikinadismaya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 08:23 PM

Malabo na umanong makadalo si Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez sa pagdinig ng Senado kaugnay sa utos na pag-angkat sana sa 300,000 metric tons ng asukal. Read more »

Senate begins probe into sugar importation mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 01:00 AM

Philippine senators opened their probe into a controversial sugar importation order that has been disowned by the presidential palace. Read more »

Palace: No comment on call for full-time agri chief

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:57 PM

The Palace refused to comment on a call for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to appoint a full-time head of the Department of Agriculture. Read more »

Marcos vows 'sufficient supply' of sugar for PH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 08:53 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has assured the business sector that there would be “sufficient supply” of sugar in the country amid the demand for additional sugar needed to produce sweetened products. Read more »

Acting Sugar Regulatory Administration head named

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 12:56 PM

Marcos, who heads the agriculture department, earlier this week said he would reorganize the sugar regulatory body. Read more »

Marcos to 'reorganize' SRA amid sugar import mess

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 04:45 PM

The announcement came as three officials and board members of the SRA resigned nearly a week after the unauthorized signing of a sugar import order. Read more »

What the probe into the sugar import mess aims to achieve

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 09:33 PM

Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said the investigation will be fair, objective, evidence-based and extensive, and aims to determine who are involved, and if there was malice or negligence. Read more »