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770 workers displaced by Batangas sugar mill closure secure P10K cash aid

May 30, 2023 - 3:04pm

Rep. Brosas said help to the sugar workers should not end with the distribution. "We must sustain the campaign to save the...

Headlines

Palace says inspection of warehouses shows sugar shortage is artificial

By Alexis Romero | August 21, 2022 - 6:04pm

The Office of the Press Secretary claimed that the "relentless campaign" of the administration to lower sugar prices "continues...

Headlines

Marcos appoints new Sugar Regulatory Administration officials

By Gaea Katreena Cabico | August 20, 2022 - 12:58pm

Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez said that David John Thaddeus Alba, general manager of the Asociacion de Agricultores...

Headlines

Philippines may soon import 150,000 MT of sugar

August 18, 2022 - 4:31pm

The volume is just half of the 300,000 metric tons proposed earlier by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) but was rejected...

Headlines

Marcos: Philippines may need to import some sugar as supply dwindles

By Alexis Romero | August 15, 2022 - 5:18pm

The president said the Philippines' sugar supply might dwindle in October so the government might need to buy the commodity...

Headlines

Marcos rejects proposal to import more sugar

By Alexis Romero | August 10, 2022 - 7:11pm

"The president rejected the proposal to import an additional 300,000 MT of sugar. He is the chairman of the Sugar Regulatory...

Business

Government allows 250,000 MT sugar imports

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 3, 2019 - 12:00am

Local processors scored victory anew after the government allowed the importation of 250,000 metric tons of sugar, the second...

Business

Gov’t eyes non-tariff fee for sugar imports

By Catherine Talavera | February 18, 2019 - 12:00am

The government is studying the possibility of imposing a non-tariff fee for sugar imports in line with liberalizing the sugar industry, the chief of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

Business

Senators buck government plan to liberalize sugar imports

By Louise Maureen Simeon | February 8, 2019 - 12:00am

Several senators are urging the government not to proceed with its plan to allow more sugar imports into the country.

Business

Government seeks to deregulate sugar imports

By Mary Grace Padin | January 17, 2019 - 12:00am

The government is seeking to liberalize the importation of sugar to push down the price of the commodity and improve the competitiveness...

Business