Tragedy and necessity lead to leadership opportunities that once seemed unimaginable. The challenge now: to make them last. Cynthia Ikirezi (center) beams with her fellow prefects, student leaders, at ...

Next week's meeting between Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is expected to seal a peace deal brokered by US President Donald ...

The Philippines is considered the world’s leading supplier of abaca, meeting 90 percent of global demand. Abaca or Manila hemp is versatile and has a number of uses, according to a report from the ...

SUPER Typhoon Uwan destroyed an estimated 7,492.90 metric tons of abaca in the Bicol Region worth P38 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Wednesday. The Philippines supplies 85 ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in an emergency rehabilitation program for Bicol’s abaca industry, which employs 23,000 ...

Representatives from the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group have signed a peace deal in Qatar with the ultimate goal of putting an end to ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it considers mango, abaca, seaweed, and bamboo to be the Philippines’ most investment-ready commodities, outlining expansion and modernization plans for those ...

This October, San Francisco’s acclaimed Filipino-Californian restaurant Abacá is marking Filipino American History Month (FAHM) with its most ambitious celebration yet: a dynamic, month-long series of ...

A choir teacher was exasperated with hearing slang like “67” in her middle school classroom. Rather than ban it, she asked her students to write and perform a song about it. “Some teachers get ...

When we hear of abaca, what often comes to mind is Manila envelope and Manila paper. But this humble crop, which is mostly cultivated in Catanduanes, Eastern Visayas, and Mindanao, may one day be our ...

THE Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFida) is in talks with French officials to discuss the prospect of using the country’s abaca in their banknotes. The PhilFida recently met with ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA)’s fiber industry development arm is exploring the use of local abaca in banknote production with French authorities, promoting its use as part ...