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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. " ....