Agri group bucks sale of smuggled sugar Administrator David John Thaddeus Alba of the Sugar Regulatory Administration has resigned amid the controversial importation of 440,000 metric tons of sugar.
The Legality of sugar imports could be settled in court The legality of sugar imports should be settled in court, former agriculture secretary and Federation of Free Farmers board chairman Leonardo Montemayor said yesterday, as he encouraged sugar farmers to file a case after the 260 containers held at the Port of Batangas for almost a month have been cleared for release following a memorandum from Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, February 21 questioned the entry of 260 20-foot containers containing sugar shipment at the port of Batangas ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6 by the Sugar Regulatory Administration last February 15, calling it “bewildering and highly disturbing.”
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon questioned the planned move of the Marcos administration to import sugar when “milling season” in the country has begun, hinting at the possibility of someone financially benefiting from it.
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