In the late evening of 17 August 2022, TV 5's "The Big Story" with anchors Roby Alampay & Gretchen Ho carries the story on the sugar crisis and soda situation with PAGASA's STC.

PAGASA Dir. Robert Go explains the situation on soda supply shortage in the VisMin area on 17 August 2022:

Met on 17 August 2022 with the Organizational Meeting of the House Committee on Ways & Means chaired by Rep. Joey Salceda. It discussed the set-up of this Committee under the 19th Congress. Also discussed was the digitalization of the BIR. PRA's Bobby Claudio and Google Phils.' Yves Gonzalez were glad that international online merchants will now be traced & taxed.

PTV4 interviewed PAGASA on 16 August 2022 as well as other concerned sectors regarding the sudden increase in the selling price of refined white sugar from P72.50/kg. on June 1 to the current P105.00/kg.

Next 10 pictures depict the National Retail Conference & Stores Asia exhibit for 2022 after two postponements in 2020 and 2021. It was warmly received. Here PAGASA Pres. Steven T. Cua poss with PRA Chairman Atty. Paul Angelo Santos before the start of the event from 11-12 August 2022.

PAGASA's STC guested again on the 8 Aug. edition of BusinessWorld Live. The price of sugar shot up by 42% in the last two months!

At CNN Philippines' premier evening news/talk show "The Final Word" on 5 August 2021, senior host/news anchor Rico Hizon invites PAGASA Pres. Steven Cua to give his analysis on how the upcoming lockdown may affect demand/supply, prices of BNPCs and inflation in Metro Manila.

PAGASA Pres. Steven T. Cua has been featured in the news on television, radio, dailies as well as online guestings on talk shows a week prior to the third major lockdown in Metro Manila from 6-20 August 2021. Abrupt changes in government restrictions on various aspects of the lockdown from curfew hours to Authorized Person Out of their Residence (APOR-only one per household) to shops permitted to operate, limitations on purchasing of BNPCs to shortened store hours and availability of public transport were some of the issues on the discussion table. Most basic in the discussions of course was the supply situation given a one-week announcement before the implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the country's premier metropolis (extended to what is called the Metro Manila Bubble Plus).

PAGASA was invited to attend a webinar on 27 July 2022 regarding supply chain and how to prioritize cost over time over reliability given today's disruptions. The cost of logistics has skyrocketted since the start of conflict between Russia and Ukraine March of this year also due to port and container van supply.

The cost of logistics has gone up to 25% of total product cost compared to the standard of 10% for developed countries. Disruptions have limited daily deliveries of trucks to just one trip or even half-a-trip compared to three or four before these economic hazards. The Philippines is currently exhibiting the highest growth rate for online sales in ASEAN since it is coming from a low base.

The United States Dept. of Agriculture held a B2B Matching Activity on the 19th of July 2022 at the Manila Marriott Grand Ballroom.