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Malacañang would do well to retail the sugar brought into Batangas piers. Its Kadiwa rolling stores for poor consumers would be the best outlets. That will bring down sweetener prices.
There were no irregularities in the government’s importation of some 450,000 metric tons of sugar before the Sugar Regulatory Administration issued Sugar Order No. 6, Malacañang officials clarified yesterday.
To help address soaring inflation, the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed on Wednesday it has “hastened” the importation process for sugar. In a press conference in Malacañang, Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo F. Panganiban said he authorized three “capable and accredited” firms to push through with their importation. This, even if the Sugar Regulatory…