BACOLOD CITY: The Sugar Alliance of the Philippines is asking for “proper consultation” as it found the proposed “win-win” solution of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol “unacceptable and continues to reek of preference for the beverage companies rather than for sugar farmers.”

In a statement, the SAP on Friday said “Secretary Piñol seems to be seeing only one side of the equation, and unfortunately that side favors the multinationals rather than the sector he needs to be protecting.”

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