Former president Fidel V. Ramos proclaimed all of the 1,776 Chocolate Hills a natural monument and a protected area in 1997. The designation was made to protect the landscape from "activity of any ...

In May 2024, the world-renowned Chocolate Hills became the center of controversy because of the construction of Captain's Peak Garden and Resort in the Municipality of Sagbayan amid a geological ...

Social media users and lawmakers raised questions directed at the Department of Environment and Natural ... the Chocolate Hills a protected area, designating it as a National Geological Monument ...