With its supposed launching last month postponed indefinitely, the viability of the P25-million abaca fiber processing facility in Caramoran is now being doubted. Implemented pursuant to the Philippine Fiber Industry…
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P25-M Abaca Processing Facility in Caramoran to operate this Jan. 2024
The fully mechanized Abaca Fiber Processing Facility in Sabangan, Caramoran is slated to start full operation anytime this coming January 2024, the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) disclosed last…
TGP to provide 30 portable stripping machines:
Mechanization the only solution to low price of abaca fiber – PhilFIDA
The mechanization of the stripping and tuxying process is the only solution to the farmers’ problem of low buying price of abaca fiber, the Philippine Fiber Development Authority (PhilFIDA) said…
Low abaca fiber prices, high cost of goods forced farmers to dig for coal
Farmers and residents of Cabuyoan, Panganiban reportedly resorted to digging for coal due to the successive drops in the buying price of abaca fiber and the surge in prices of…
Stakeholders propose measures vs. low price, quality of abaca fiber
Stakeholders from abaca-producing provinces, traders and government agencies have recommended several priority measures to address issues hounding the abaca industry including the low buying price and low quality of abaca…
Abaca farmers need more than aid from the government
To most Catandunganons whose knowledge of the abaca industry is limited to the seemingly endless line of fiber drying along the highway in northern towns, the 12,000-plus individuals who consider…
Dugui Too housewife used P3,000 savings to start handicraft business
Dugui Too, Virac housewife Arlene Panti Cabrera, who recently won as Best DOLE-Assisted Livelihood Project Implementer (Individual Category), started her coconut handicraft business using P3,000 savings from her previous job…
3,000 MT in “loose” fiber went unrecorded:
Abaca fiber production here declines for 5th straight year
Records of the Philippine Fiber Development Authority (PhilFIDA) show that abaca fiber production in the province of Catanduanes in 2022 fell for the 5th straight year to its lowest in…
Group targets longest abaca rope around 253-km circumferential road
A group of local artists has secured the support of provincial officials in their bid to land in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2024 for the longest rope…
Rep. Teves calls anew on BSP to maintain use of abaca fiber in producing peso bills
Talino at Galing ng Pinoy (TGP) Partylist Representative Jose J. Teves Jr. last week reiterated his call on the Bangko Sentral ng Philipinas (BSP) to continue using abaca fiber in…