July 17, at Cousen Rose Gallery in Oak Bluffs, the work of two artists, Meg Black and Deb Loeb Bohren, will be on display.  The focus this week at the Gallery is on textures in art.  Based in ...

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has provided assistance to abaca farmers in Catanduanes under its Integrated Livelihood Program, in partnership with the Philippine Fiber Development ...

The Fanciful Abaca collection is Patterson Flynn Martin’s luxury welcome mat to spring. Calling it “the most ornate abaca collection yet,” PFM said the collection is entirely made of abaca – an exotic ...

MANILA, Philippines — The former use of abaca fiber for Philippine bills – which will soon be dominated by plastic (polymer) bills produced and printed in foreign countries – may soon be ...

J. E. Spencer, The Abacá Plant and Its Fiber, Manila Hemp, Economic Botany, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1953), pp. 195-213 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and organize content ...

These diseases significantly reduced both the yield and quality of abaca fiber, resulting in substantial economic losses for 286 farmers. Robert Lusuegro, the head of PhilFida for Catanduanes, told ...

This delivery followed the previous release of a spindle stripping machine to the Pangilao Abaca and Coconut Farmers Association in San Miguel town. He said that the distribution of the machinery was ...

The abaca industry generated an average annual export revenue of $139.2 million between 2013 and 2024, with 18% generated by raw fiber and 82% by manufactured products, including pulp. Abaca ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is keen on incorporating the abaca fiber in the country’s banknotes anew, according to the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFida).

The abaca industry generated an average annual export revenue of $139.2 million between 2014 and 2023, with 18 percent derived from raw fiber and 82 percent from manufactured products, mainly pulp ...