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CACAO STALL. Different varieties of cacao seeds processed into finished products and organic farm inputs commercially produce by farmers groups are displayed at the SMX, Lanang, Davao City, during the two-day KakaoKonek 2015 and the 2nd National Cacao Congress. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Going global: PHL’s cacao to join global tilt in France

The Philippine Cacao Council announced Wednesday that it will be joining the International Cocoa Awards which will be held in France.

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Prof. Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (davaotoday.com file photo)

Joma Sison asks: Why terminate peace talks?

The founding chairperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Jose Maria Sison is clueless why the Philippine government had to terminate peace talks despite the advances it made since the formal resumption last year.

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HEIGHTENED SECURITY. Ret. Gen. Benito de Leon, chief of Public Safety and Security Coordinating Council of Davao assures the public that they will be securing the city from any threat of terrorism after President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of ending peace talks with the communists. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Davao City on heightened alert after Duterte ends talks with Reds

The Public Safety and Security Coordinating Council of Davao said the military and police will be taking active measures against elements “that seek havoc within the city.”

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What’s next? Gov’t terminates JASIG

The Philippine government terminated Tuesday the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees three days after President Rodrigo Duterte suspended the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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