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August 11, 2022
MALACAÑANG late on Wednesday denied approving a sugar importation order that was uploaded on the regulator’s website, then taken down, saying that it was not signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
Mr. Marcos, chairman of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Board and Agriculture secretary, rejected the proposal to import 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar “in no uncertain terms,” Press Secretary Rose Beatrix L. Cruz-Angeles said in a statement. She did not elaborate.
