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MALAGOS AGRI-Ventures, Corp., maker of the Malagos cacao and chocolate products, now has 15 international awards under its belt after recently bringing home five recognitions from the 2018 Academy of Chocolates in London. The five awards are: silver for the Malagos 85% Dark Chocolate, and a bronze each for the Malagos 100% Unsweetened Chocolate and Malagos 72% Dark Chocolate under the drinking chocolate category; and a bronze each for the Malagos 72% Dark Chocolate and Malagos 85% Dark Chocolate under the tree-to-bar category. In a statement, Rex Victor P. Puentespina, the company’s “chocolate-maker” and considers himself a “proud farmer,” said, “We honor all the hardworking farmers in the country with these latest awards. Mabuhay ang magsasakang Pilipino (Hail to the Filipino farmer)!”