MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (pic), who is also the country’s agriculture secretary, is hastening the entry of imported refined sugar to stabilise its selling prices, a move widely opposed by sugar producers as the Philippines still has sufficient local supply.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued an order directing the agency’s Minimum Access Volume (MAV) Secretariat officer in charge and Executive Director Jocelyn Salvador to “immediately convene” the MAV Advisory Council.
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