
Robredo addresses sugar industry concerns
Vice President Leni Robredo (center) in a meeting with sugar industry leaders in Negros Occidental Friday, November 5.*Nic Ledesma photoVice President Leni Robredo directly addressed five key concerns of the sugar industry in a message she gave to industry representatives in Bacolod City on Friday, November 5.She also outlined her initial priorities if elected President in 2022.In the signed message she released Tuesday, November 9, Robredo said the Sugar Regulatory Administration must be in synch with its new roles mandated by the Sugar Industry Development Act or the SIDA Law, and urged the agency to fight for a level playing field to counter import liberalization, even as she stressed the need for government to find measures to make Philippine agriculture world-class and com...









