where Ness Araojo runs the handicrafts side. She employs Bicolanos, mostly former housewives, to make bags from abacá and seagrass, which grows abundantly in Bicol’s flood-prone areas.

Manufacture of handicrafts, considered nonessential ... Villalobos said they would import the raw fiber from Bicol region, host to the largest abaca plantations in the Philippines.

The Bicol region accounted for ... from its trunks is exported as raw fiber, as abaca pulp paper, in the form of ropes and to a limited scale, as handicraft products.

The Bicol region contributes ... from the rich soils of the Happy Island. Abaca has been traditionally turned into twine, cordage, textiles, and handicrafts. Its more modern applications now ...

She began a crash program on handicraft production ... thriving and Mindanao is now the No. 1 supplier of abaca in the country, edging out Bicol where plantations are being plagued by a viral ...

“Second to Bicol region is Eastern ... or an average of $87 million, came from abaca manufactures, such as pulp, cordage, yarns, fabrics and fiber crafts,” the PhilFida said.

regional field office in the Bicol region. Alejo Tayamora, an abaca farmer in Bato town cultivating Abuad, classified by the DA as the best abaca variety, deplored the low buying price of abaca fiber.

Mary Anne Molina, PhilFida Bicol chief ... said in order to make the abaca farmers more productive, they continuously conduct trainings on making finished products (handicrafts) that are sellable.

Known worldwide as Manila hemp, the nubby material is woven in Mindanao among the T’boli and other indigenous groups, the Visayas and the Bicol ... crafts,” Gomez told Lifestyle in an email ...

Like the bacbac, this part of the plant is also used for handicraft items. It may also be used in making fashion accessories, furniture, packaging materials, tabletop accessories and other decors.

CATANDUANES — During her recent campaign visit to the Bicol Region, senatorial candidate Camille Villar expressed her strong support for Catanduanes’ thriving abaca industry, recognizing the province ...

LEGAZPI CITY: The Bicol region is bringing back the glory of its abaca industry after the region was spared from strong typhoons during the past few years, making it the top producer of the commodity ...