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Pimentel wants answers on new sugar importation exposé

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 10:20 PM

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III wants the Marcos Jr administration to give an explanation about the imported sugar exposé of fellow senator Risa Hontiveros. 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 »

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 »

Hontiveros questions entry of imported sugar from Thailand

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 10:02 PM

Did Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin give some sort of an authority to import sugar? 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 »

DA defends sugar importation order OK'd by Marcos

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 05:27 PM

This comes following the comment of former agriculture chief Leonardo Montemayor, who alleged that the impact of the decision was not fully discussed to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Read more »

Sugar prices seen at P60 to P70 per kilo by October

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 02:23 PM

Sugar prices are expected to fall in October as locally-produced sugar enters the market alongside imported sugar. 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 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 »

Rodriguez may pagkukulang sa isyu ng sugar import: Senate minority

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 09:05 PM

Inilabas na ng Senate minority bloc ang sarili nitong ulat sa imbestigasyon sa importasyon ng asukal. 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 panel to wrap up probe on sugar importation mess soon

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 02:31 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will soon wrap up its investigation on the supposed illegal importation order issued by the SRA. Read more »

Rodriguez to skip Senate probe on sugar order due to busy sched

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 03:20 PM

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel and Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros pressed for Rodriguez’s attendance in their next hearing. Read more »

Lawmakers grill resigned SRA, DA officials over sugar order

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 08:07 PM

Lawmakers on Tuesday grilled resigned SRA and DA officials over what they called a “disregard” of protocols in issuing Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

SRA told to plan sugar importation order: board member

Angelo Angolo
Posted at Aug 17 09:46 AM

Valderrama, who only took his oath as a member of the Sugar Board on August 6, declined to specify where the directive came from. Read more »

Opisyal na lumagda sa pag-angkat ng asukal, nagbitiw na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 07:31 PM

Nagbitiw na sa puwesto ang officer-in-charge ng Sugar Regulatory Administration na lumagda sa isang resolusyon para sa importasyon ng asukal. Read more »

DA official who signed sugar import order resigns: Palace

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 11:16 PM

Cruz-Angeles said Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian sent his one-page resignation on Thursday admitting his lapses. Read more »

Probe on sugar import mess may cover other issues: Palace

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 03:44 PM

The probe into an 'illegal' resolution authorizing sugar imports might cover other issues concerning the agriculture department, the Palace said. Read more »

'Ilegal' na papeles sa pag-aangkat ng asukal pinaiimbestigahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 08:28 PM

Ang utos umano sa SRA ay bumuo ng plano para may basehan ang desisyon ni Pangulong Marcos kung dapat bang mag-import ng asukal. Sa halip ay may resolusyon nang nagtatakda ng importasyon nito. Read more »