The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognizes the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument as part of its prestigious World Heritage List. — with a report from ...

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 ...