DAVAO CITY Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte recently received four 40-footer refrigerated containers from the National Food Authority and Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) for the Davao City Food Terminal Complex (DFTC). Duterte and City Agriculturist Leo Brian Leuterio received the storage facilities from NFA Administrator Atty. Judy Carol L. Dansal, FTI…
SunStar Bill declaring Davao City, Davao Region as chocolate, cacao capitals passed
CAPITAL. Voting 22-0-1, the Senate passed on Monday, March 8, Senate Bill 1741 (SB 1741), also known as An Act declaring the City of Davao as the Chocolate Capital of the Philippines and the entire Region XI (Davao Region) as the Cacao Capital of the Philippines. The bill was sponsored by Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture. (RJ Lumawag)
+ March 09, 2021 DAVAO City being declared as the Chocolate Capital of the Philippines and Davao Region as the Cacao Capital of the Philippines will open more opportunities to local cacao farmers and processors.