However, the twin threats of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have crippled the Philippines’ tourism industry, stifling the demand for tingkep and other traditional handicrafts and ...

Other countries like India, Vietnam and Taiwan also learned the trade and began producing handicraft from other materials like wrought iron, terracotta and ceramics, of which the Philippines used ...

MANILA, Philippines — A local trade association of exporters is expecting exports revenues from consumer durables such as furniture and handicraft to end up lower by $100 million or about a ...

For centuries they’ve lived in the shadow of four active volcanoes on this peninsula, which juts out on the southeastern end of Luzon, the Philippines ... Araojo runs the handicrafts side.

Inside, learn more about the Philippines’ world heritage sites, award-winning resorts and spas, the country’s global achievers, musical artists, local cuisine, and handicraft. In typical ...

TACLOBAN CITY (PIA) – Native handicrafts made from coconut shells and carabao horns, and the “banig” made primarily from tikog, a special reed grass, were named the top two export products of the ...

A vine abundant in Ilocandia, particularly in Ilocos Sur and La Union, now holds great promise of boosting the region’s handicraft industry. The twiner vine is locally called labtang (scientific ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Bohol province – which is near Cebu and comprises 75 islands besides Bohol itself, the nation’s 10th largest – was positioning itself as the Philippines ...

WEAR IT, WEAVE IT Thursday’s Water Lily Festival in Las Pinas was both a trade and a fashion show highlighting the business potentials of the plant that grows in abundance in local waterways. In ...