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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 tourism ecosystem jobless. Of course, we need to take extra precaution and consider a lot of things...

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 possible water sources for the city. The councilor, who is the committee chair on appointments and ...

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 SUBSTITUTION This strategy focuses on boosting domestic production to be able to substitute for imports...

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, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Davao de Oro and Davao Occidental. They are the to...

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 country's 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 Philippines." In her Sponsorship Speech on the proposed Senate Bill 1741, Villar said PSA record i...