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INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS. Sugar Regulatory Administration board member Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr. (2nd from right) with Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (center) and Confederation of Sugar Producers Association Inc. executives Jose Ma. Montinola, Bernard Trebol, and Francis de la Rama at the Bacolod Government Center on August 6, 2022. On that day, Benitez administered the oath of Valderrama, who was appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the planters' representative to the SRA Board.(Photo courtesy of Archie Rey Alipalo) BACOLOD CITY - Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) board member Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr. has thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for allowing him to serve the sugar industry. In a statement on Wednesday, Valderrama, a Negrense who openly supported former vice president Leni Robredo's candidacy in the presidential polls, said he accepted the call to become part of the SRA to help unite the industry amid the difficult times. "
SUGAR PLANTERS' REP.Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (right) congratulates Sugar Regulatory Administration Board Member Aurelio Valderrama Jr. after administering his oath in rites held at the Government Center on Aug. 6, 2022. They will work for the interest of the greater majority to address the problem in the sugar industry, Valderrama said in a statement on Monday (Aug. 8).(Photo courtesy of Archie Rey Alipalo) BACOLOD CITY -A newly-appointed board member of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) from Negros Occidental is optimistic the sugar supply shortage can be resolved by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the SRA soon. "I'm confident that the DA under President (Ferdinand) Marcos Jr. and the SRA will be able to address the problem in the next two weeks," said Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr., who represents the sugar planters in the board, in a statement on Monday. Tight supply and increase in demand have led to soaring sugar prices, hitting