LAST June 28, there was a great to-do at the Manila Hotel by government entities and their private sector collaborators with the guest of honor, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, in attendance. With an ...

In the Bicol Region, Catanduanes leads in fiber production, making 81 percent of all abaca produced in the region, followed by Albay with 11 percent, Camarines Sur with 4 percent, Sorsogon with 1 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A year before PhilFida’s predecessor advocated for the adoption of abaca in packaging materials, the country produced 77,000 metric tons (MT) of abaca fiber in 2008, reflecting a 27.5 percent ...