Mindanao cacao stakeholders push for price control, increased production

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

The players in the cacao industry have targeted to produce one Million metric tons of cacao by 2014.  Currently, the target falls short with the country producing only 20,000 MT out of the 130,000 to 150,000 MT target.  The country needs to plant cacao to about 130,000 hectares to reach the target.

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PROUD DAVAOEÑO. Laywer Carlos Zarate, second nominee of Bayan Muna Party, congratulates his fellow Davaoeños as well as local and foreign tourists for the successful 76th Araw ng Dabaw festivities during Saturday’s Parada Dabawenyo at the Rizal Park. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Lawyers want more than just “sorry” from Cebu Pacific

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Addressing all budget airlines, especially Cebu Pacific, lawyer Carlos Isagani Zarate said that “(M)ore than taking care of profits, the safety of the riding public must not be sacrificed.”

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