Food

Where goes the Durian King?

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

They call him the Durian King. When truckloads of durians arrive at the fruit stand at Magsaysay Park, the durian trucker no longer bothers unloading the thorny fruits in baskets. All the trucker had to do is throw the fruits at him and he'd catch them with his bare hands.

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Rice tops Mindanao?s imports last year — Medco

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

According to the report from the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco), the island?s biggest importation last year consisted of US$138.28 million rice from Vietnam, making up 12 per cent of Mindanao?s total imports.

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Government told to rely less on rice imports

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

It would have been cheaper for government to source rice in the domestic market instead of importing rice abroad if there had been enough supply of rice in the country, according to the leader of the National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA).

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