BACOLOD CITY—The National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (NACUSIP-TUCP) issued a mixed assessment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2026 State of the Nation Address (Sona), praising its immediate economic relief measures while criticizing his silence on wage stagnation and ongoing troubles in the sugar sector. NACUSIP-TUCP national president Roland de la Cruz commended the executive branch’s directives aimed at easing burdens on low- and middle-income families, specifically backing the expansion of the annual minimum taxable income threshold, electricity rate relief interventions, and optimized financial safety nets. READ: Marcos presses Congress to raise minimum taxable income […]...Keep on reading: Labor group hits Marcos' silence on wages, sugar industry woes