Like the artificial red onion crisis, the sugar importation mess has become more odious and malodorous since it unraveled in July. Sugar Order No. Can a memorandum order from the Office of the President supplant a sugar order from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)? According to SO 6, the imported sugar from Thailand should only reach our shores by March 1 at the earliest. It is a repeat of last year’s SO 4 fiasco, which directed sugar importation a month before the country’s milling season.

Source: Philippine Star February 25, 2023 03:56 UTC