The Department of Agriculture (DA) has given its go signal for the release of the imported sugar that arrived in the country last February 9 and was flagged by Senator Risa Hontiveros as not covered by earlier sugar orders.
In a memorandum addressed to Sugar Regulatory Administration Administrator David John Thaddeus Alba dated February 27, Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said the SRA may now issue clearance/s for the release of imported sugar to the three international sugar traders, namely All Asian Countertrade Inc., Edison Lee Marketing Corporation, and S&D SUCDEN Philippines Inc.
Hontiveros said Panganiban — who represented President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in the SRA Board — had a January 12 letter addressed to one of the alleged sugar importers of the questioned importation, saying the allocation was “per instruction of Executive Secretary [Lucas] Bersamin.” The order was signed by Panganiban, Alba, and SRA Board members Mitzi Mangwag and Pablo Luis Azcona. It was not signed by Marcos who sits as chairman of the SRA Board.
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