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PRAYER BEFORE MEETING. Members of the Catanduanes Development Council are shown praying before starting their meeting to discuss the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) for Abaca with Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) on Friday (Feb. 3, 2023). The rehabilitation and recovery of abaca plantations throughout the province were initiated because of the devastation caused by typhoons last year. (Photo from LGU-Catanduanes's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The Catanduanes Developm...

An abaca stripper locally known as "paraha'got"in the province of Catanduanes.(Photo by Jorge Hallare) LEGAZPI CITY - Stakeholders in the abaca industry are optimistic that the newly signed law declaring Catanduanes as "Abaca Capital of the Philippines" will further boost this industry and improve the livelihood of abaca planters. Catanduanes Governor Joseph Cua, in an interview on Wednesday, said the new law would provide regular funding from the national government that...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed two laws that recognize the significance of the abaca industry and egg industry in the Philippines. Duterte signed Republic Act No. (RA) 1170 declaring the province of Catanduanes as the Abaca Capital of the Philippines on April 15. Under the law, the state recognizes the importance of the abaca industry and its development as a driver of rural development not only because of its singular potential as a r...

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Senator Cynthia A. Villar asked her colleagues in the Senate to rally behind her proposed bill, making Catanduanes in the Bicol Region as "Abaca Capital of the Philippimes." As  Chairman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Villar on Monday presented  for approval Committee Report No. 272 on Senate Bill…

Press Release VILLAR BATS FOR CATANDUANES AS PHs ABACA CAPITAL Senator Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is pushing for the declaration of the Province of Catanduanes as the Abaca Capital of the Philippines in her recently filed Senate Bill No. 1748. The Philippines is the top producer of abaca in the world and Catanduanes is the top abaca producer of the country and the world also, as it contributes 90 percent to abaca production in Bicol Region. Vill...