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SunStar Photo courtesy of the Philippine Eagle Foundation Photo courtesy of the Philippine Eagle Foundation + March 09, 2021 FROM a year riddled with challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the aptly-named Philippine eagle Pangarap, proudly adopted by Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), remains a symbol of hope that our country can rise again. It is AboitizPowers goal to promote sustainability for its communities, and that includes the care and concern for the flora and faun...

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) + ...

PASAY CITY, March 8 — With a vote of 22 affirmative, 0 negative and 1 abstention, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill declaring Davao City as the Chocolate Capital and Davao Region as the Cacao Capital of the Philippines.Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the...

The Fiesta Filipinas event gives participants a multi-sensory experience of the featured festival for the month. In the Fiesta Filipinas event featuring the Panagbenga festival, participants were given a virtual tour of Baguio and were able to participate in a dried flower arrangement activity during the live session. MAKATI CITY, Mar. 7 -- Travel plans may have been affected because of the pandemic, but this did not stop foreign travelers and overseas Filipinos from experiencing Baguio’s fam...

Published March 2, 2021, 12:12 AM Ever since Chef Sau del Rosario opened the doors to his Cafe Fleur Poblacion in mid-January, there’s been a steady stream of happy customers, raving about his crab cakes with calamansi aioli, his spiced chicken a la plancha, his Vuco Fye, and the other goodies on the menu. His Angeles, Pampanga hiatus only made the faithful who’ve followed him through the years, welcome him back with open arms; while spreading the word for a new legion of dining patrons. Ch...

SunStar DAVAO. Aloha Beach. (Contributed photo) DAVAO. Malagos. (Contributed photo) DAVAO. Zion Jacuzzi. (Contributed photo) DAVAO. Pearl Farm. (Contributed photo) DAVAO. Island Buenavista. (Contributed photo) + February 26, 2021 LEISURE travel took the backseat when the world was left with no choice but to take the Covid-19 ride. But after a year since the pandemic erupted, it is unwise to not reopen tourism. It is hurting the economy and is putting many individuals working in the...

SunStar Photo by Pixabay February 21, 2021 A DAVAO City councilor is lobbying for the creation of a water center that will monitor the quality of water distributed and consumed in the city. Councilor Alberto Ungab said in a radio interview that he will be proposing the establishment of a water center through an ordinance, which will focus on the monitoring of water sources, including testing and studying their quality. The proposed center will also be mandated in scouting for other...

Friends ask me: Where do we invest post-COVID-19? Despite potential, agricultural export is stuck at around $7 billion. But agricultural imports are near $11 billion or a trade deficit of $4 billion. The Philippines lags its ASEAN peers, most of which have trade surpluses. There is no magic wand to reverse this disadvantage. But we have to start somewhere. It’s a mix of medium-term and long-term. There are two aspects of agricultural trade: import substitution and export promotion. IMPORT SUB...

Sen. Cynthia Villar In her sponsorship speech on Senate Bill 1741, Villar said Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data indicated that the biggest bulk of the country’s annual cacao production came from Davao Region. Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa, a native of the Davao region, also delivered a sponsorship speech on the same issue. PSA data show that approximately 78.76 percent of annual production of cacao in the Philippines comes from the Davao region composed of Davao del Sur,...

Press Release February 9, 2021 Villar vouches to declare Davao City as the "Chocolate Capital of the Philippines" and Region Xl (Davao .region) as "Cacao Capital of the Philippines" CITING Philippines Statistic Authority (PSA) data which showed that the biggest bulk of the countrys annual cacao production came from Davao Region, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar yesterday sought to declare Davao City as the "Chocolate Capital of the Philippines," and Region XI (Davao Region) as the "Cacao Capital of the...