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DA TO SELL SUGAR AT P70 A KILO IN ROLLING STORES

The Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), will start selling sugar at P70.00 per kilo at SRA Quezon City and Bacolod City Offices. In addition, the Kadiwa rolling stores and Kadiwa on Wheels will be selling sugar at the same price to make sugar affordable and accessible to consumers. Sugar […]

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Politics

TOLENTINO TO SRA: SHOW SUGAR SUPPLY INVENTORY

Chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Senator Francis Tolentino requested from then Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica a sugar supply inventory indicating the supplies of sugar in the warehouses in the Philippines and those previously released. This request was prompted by Tolentino to determine the question of whether there was indeed the […]

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Politics

GORDON URGES DEVELOPMENT OF PH SUGAR INDUSTRY

Following a proposal by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import sugar, Senator Dick Gordon has recommended developing the Philippines’ sugar industry and helping the farmers earn more through innovation. “[Dapat] palakasin ang capability at capacity ng ating sugar farmers para lumakas ang kanilang produkto at mabigyan sila ng […]

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Politics

RETHINK SUGAR IMPORTATION PROGRAM, SAYS ZUBIRI

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri called on the Sugar Regulatory Administration not to push through with a new importation program supposedly proposed by the administration, after already receiving two injunctions for Sugar Order No. 3 in February. “Our local sugar farmers are again approaching our office, deeply concerned over talks of a new SRA proposal […]