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BACOLOD CITY — Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) David Alba will suggest to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. that the 80,000 bags of sugar seized at the Batangas port last week be released for sale to the people through the Kadiwa Rolling Stores.
“(We can sell these bags of sugar through Kadiwa) so the public can enjoy refined sugar at a lower cost,” he said.
Alba thanked the Bureau of Customs enforcement unit and Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz for their “vigilance that led to the seizure of the smuggled sugar.”
He also warned traders in cahoots with the smugglers that “the full force of the law will go after you,” adding that he has asked all government enforcement agencies to provide them with the necessary information so they can go after sugar smugglers.
Last Friday, the Bureau of Customs led the seizure in the Port of Batangas of about 4,000 metric tons of refined sugar with a value of P240 million from MV Sunward that came from Thailand, upon a tip that it was allegedly carrying smuggled sugar.