Marcos govt faces first serious controversy, over sugar imports

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Aug 15, 2022 12:56 am

LESS than two months in power, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s administration faces its first crisis that could dent the public's confidence in his capability to lead.

At best, the issue reveals a chaotic, amateurish Malacañang bureaucracy — where officials are elbowing each other, as an insider described it in Filipino (nagbabalyahan).

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