Talino at Galing ng Pinoy (TGP) Partylist Congressman Jose Teves Jr. recently filed a resolution urging the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipines (BSP) to maintain the utilization of abaca fiber in…
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The lamentable state of the abaca industry in Catanduanes
Last week’s distribution of P5,000 cash to qualified rice farmers in the province of Catanduanes is pursuant to Section 13 of Republic Act 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law. Under…
Fiber output decreased by 23% since 2019:
Cat’nes’ abaca production dips to lowest in 10 years
Less than a year after Congress passed a measure declaring the province as the abaca capital of the Philippines, Catanduanes’ abaca fiber production has plunged to its lowest in the…
Here’s how the P69.9-M abaca revitalization project in Catanduanes will be implemented
Following the widespread damage inflicted by super typhoon Rolly on the abaca industry in the Bicol region in November 2020, the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) allocated nearly P110…
Supplier will buy P40 million worth of suckers from local abaca farmers
More than 13,000 abaca farmers in Catanduanes will stand to earn from the P69.951-million funding turned over by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to the provincial government last week. About…
6th ABACA FESTIVAL :
WINNERS in the Various Competitions
ABACAntahan 1st: Last Night Alive 2nd: Waa Da Trees 3rd: Daku Rawit sa Abaca 1st: Mark Sandy Bite 2nd: Catherine Castro 3rd: Julie…
PDRF, partners launch abaca farm school in Catanduanes
The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), with the support of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, has launched the Farmers Field School on Abaca Production in the municipalities of Virac and San…
TGP Rep. Teves principal author of Act declaring Cat’nes as abaca capital
It was House Bill 06149 principally authored by TGP Partylist Rep. Jose “Bong” Teves Jr, which was adopted by the House of Representatives in passing Republic Act 11700 declaring Catanduanes…
1,639 abaca farmers affected by Rolly receive P3k cash incentive from PDRF
By the end of this week, 1,639 abaca farmers whose livelihood was wiped out by super typhoon Rolly in 2020 will have received P3,000 each as Cash-for-Work incentive under a…
CatSU: BSP should rethink plan to use plastic in banknotes instead of abaca
The Catanduanes State University has joined the chorus of voices opposing the plan of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to use polymers or plastic in banknotes instead of abaca…