“Instead of 100,000 migrants by mid-2024, we expect to care for 80,000 by June and 90,000 by the end of the year,” Mayor Eric Adams said while unveiling his budget Tuesday, saying a combination of strict limits on immigrant shelter stays and “reticketing” efforts to move immigrants to locations outside the city helped drive that estimate down.
As the government ramps up its campaign against sugar hoarders and profiteers, a warehouse in Deparo, Caloocan was raided by agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday, August 22.
Deparo, Caloocan warehouse (Screenshots taken from videos provided by the Office of the Press Secretary)
(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Monday confirmed that the supposed sugar shortage in the country is "artificial" and merely caused by hoarding done by unscrupulous traders. This after simultaneous operations were conducted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Sugar Regulatory Administration, and the Department of Agriculture to inspect sugar warehouses in Deparo, Caloocan City; Balut in Tondo and San Nicolas in Manila; Rosales, Pangasinan; San Fernando, Pampanga; Ibaan, Batangas, and Davao. "The huge volume of sugar discovered by Customs agents in the various warehouses in Luzon has led Malacanang to conclude that the sugar shortage is artificial, brought about by the hoarding of sugar traders who wanted to rake-in huge profits from the sudden spike in sugar prices," the Office of the President (OP) said in a press statement. On Monday, BOC operatives conducted a raid at a warehouse located at No. 306 Kabatuhan St. along Deparo Road in Caloocan City. They also se