00:00The Sugar Regulatory Administration is worried about the impact of the ash fall on hundreds of hectares of land in Negros Occidental after the volcano erupted.
00:11According to the SRA, the eruption of the volcano affected the land in La Carlota City, where 10% of the country's sugar production originated.
00:23The SRA is supportive of the request of the Negros Occidental representative, Atty. Dino Yulo, to investigate the manipulation of the price of sugar.
00:34From Php 2,900 per sack of sugar, the farm gate price fell to less than Php 2,400, but the price did not change in the markets.
00:54This amount represents food on the table. This aberration is a product of artificial manipulation.
01:01Moreover, while the mill gate price of sugars dropped significantly, supermarket prices have remained the same consistently, creating a huge disparity that burdens both our small farmers and also our consumers.
