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+ February 12, 2021 MAJOR cacao cooperatives in the country have expressed their strong opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 1741 that seeks to declare Davao City as the “Chocolate Capital of the Philippines” and Region 11 (Davao Region) as the “Cacao Capital of the Philippines.”
Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia, chairperson of the Philippine Cacao Industry Council (PCIC), said an estimated 13 cacao cooperatives aren’t supporting the bill.
A Senate hearing of SB 1741 was held Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
“The Senate threw it back to the bicameral committee which means that the two houses, the Senate and the Congress, should agree,” she said.
House Bill 7460 entitled “An act to declare the city of Davao as the chocolate and cacao production capital of the Philippines and for other purposes,” filed by Deputy Speaker Conrado Estrella, III on Aug. 25, 2020 was passed by the House of Representatives on Jan. 18, 2021. The bill is now known as SB 1741.
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SUNSTAR FILE February 03, 2021 CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia thanked Octa Research Group for understanding how Cebu City and Cebu Province are two separate local government units and for showing that understanding in its report.
In its Jan. 28 report, Octa Research Group said Cebu, including Cebu City, has become an area of “serious concern” with its rising coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) cases. On Jan. 30, 2021, the same independent research group released a report focusing only on Cebu City.
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“They changed their tune. Maayo. Salamat kay nakasabot namo. Lahi ra na ang Cebu City, lahi ra pud na ang Cebu Province,” said Garcia in a broadcast report by Sugbo News.
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Contributed photo January 29, 2021 WE OFTEN see tree planting activities by schools, offices, and organizations, both private and public, that sometimes it is already considered as an ordinary and regular corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity.
But we seldom see a person advocating tree planting for his love for the environment with specific tree species to be planted.
Lawyer Carlo D. Ancla of Purok 17, Poblacion, Nabunturan in Davao de Oro is doing this for a very significant reason: We know that almost tree planting activities either public or private endeavor, use exotic or alien species like, Mahogany, African Tulip, Pink Tree, Acacia, Falcata Gmelina, Neem Tree, Yellow Trumpet (Tabebuia), which happens to be introduced species from other countries. With that, birds and wildlife will not go for these trees since they are not familiar. In such a case, if we plant those trees, it will not create a relationship with the environment where wildli