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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 Development Council (CDC) has approved the proposed Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) for Abaca (Manila hemp) which will serve as the basis for identifying necessary infrastructure and enterprise development subprojects. In a social media post on Wednesday, the local government unit (LGU) of Catanduanes said in a meeting last Feb. 3, the CDC approved the PCIP for Abaca with Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) intervention that can be funded by the Philippine Rural Development Project ....
Press Release - Villar welcomes Pres. Duterte's signing into law of her bills on abaca and egg senate.gov.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from senate.gov.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 will help abaca farmers in the province and rehabilitate the abaca industry. "Aside from the rehabilitation, more programs like farm-to-market roads will also benefit the abaca planters," Cua said. Nikko Franco Templonuevo, provincial information officer, in a separate interview, said the funding will sustain the medication, and disease mitigation programs for abaca. "We will continue with skills development programs for the farmers; introduce new technologies in terms of qualiti ....
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 raw material that can increase the country's export earnings tremendously and put the name of the country in the map of the world for producing the biggest volume of abaca fiber but for having provided livelihood to many small farmers in the countryside. "In recognition of its status as the country's biggest producer of abaca and making the Philippines world-renowned as "Manila Hemp" in the fiber industry, and in support to the agricultural development of the province, it i ....
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