MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill declaring Davao City as chocolate capital and the entire Davao Region as the Philippines’ cacao capital.
Voting 22-0-1, senators passed Senate Bill No. 1741, which seeks to “recognize Davao as the country’s biggest producer of cacao and its vital contribution in making the Philippines world-renowned and sought-after by chocolate makers from the United States, Japan, and Europe.”
Senator Cynthia Villar, the sponsor of the bill as chairperson of the Senate agriculture panel, cited data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, which showed that approximately 78.76 percent of cacao’s annual product…
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