By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City – Sugar Regulatory Administrator David Alba said Tuesday that he will recommend to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to sell the 80,000 bags of sugar seized at the Batangas port last week through the Kadiwa Rolling Stores.
Last Friday, the Bureau of Customs confiscated around 4,000 metric tons of refined sugar valued at P240 million from MV Sunward that came from Thailand through a tip that it was allegedly carrying smuggled sugar.
Alba thanked the BOC enforcement unit and Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz for their “vigilance that led to the seizure of the smuggled sugar.”
Alba said that he will make representation to the President to have these sugar sold through Kadiwa so the public “can enjoy refined sugar at a lower cost.”
He also warned traders who are 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.
