High-end Bamboo Crafts . Department of Science and Technology Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro (right) and DOST Region 8 Director Edgardo Esperancilla (center) check on fine bamboo furniture and handicraft manufactured by Tribal Trends Industries in Pototan, Iloilo. TTI is one of the country's leading exporters of quality bamboo products that availed of technological assistance from DOST's Forest Products Research and Development Institute. FPRDI provided modern finishing facilities such spray booth, handicraft drying facility, bamboo "sizers" that upgraded the firm's product quality and production turnout. TTI participated in the recent Visayas Science and Technology Transfer Road Show in Cebu City. It now employs at least 40 regular workers from only 14 last January 2002 and currently gets orders from buyers in Belgium, France, Japan and Lebanon.
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From the Editor: Crisis
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