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[Title] => Textile shopping at your fingertips: Garment app, showroom launched in Rizal
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[Title] => Behind the viral outfits of Billy Crawford, Coleen Garcia that got us in stitches
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[Title] => Strict compliance with Tropical Fabrics Law urged
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[Title] => Natural dyes inhibit bacterial growth
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[Title] => Chester Enterprises Inc. to expand within Cebu
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While it is tempting to expand its chain of stores outside of Cebu, Chester Enterprises Inc. proprietress Gregoria C. Cokaliong said she would rather expand within Cebu.
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Substituting imported yarns and fabrics with Philippine developed tropical fabrics would not only generate millions of jobs for Filipinos but can also save some millions of dollars in textile imports, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.
Based on a recent feasibility study by the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) of the DOST, substituting imported textile yarns and fabrics with 25 percent Philippine tropical fabrics would save the nation $20.3 million, or an import reduction of over P1 billion annually.
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[Title] => DTI sees more Chinese companies investing in local garments sector
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The Philippine textile delegation was led by DTI Senior Undersecretary Thomas Aquino and DTI Special Consultant on Textiles and Garments Serafin Juliano.
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[Title] => RP tropical fabrics to save government millions of dollars in imports
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Substituting imported yarns and fabrics with Philippine developed tropical fabrics would not only generate millions of jobs for Filipinos but can also save some millions of dollars in textile imports, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.
Based on a recent feasibility study by the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) of the DOST, substituting imported textile yarns and fabrics with 25 percent Philippine tropical fabrics would save the nation $20.3 million, or an import reduction of over P1 billion annually.
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The Philippine textile delegation was led by DTI Senior Undersecretary Thomas Aquino and DTI Special Consultant on Textiles and Garments Serafin Juliano.
More than 70 Filipino textile businessmen who are members of the Federation of Philippine Textile Industries Inc. accompanied the delegation.
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December 17, 2021 - 12:00pm
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Ghio Ong | January 23, 2011 - 12:00am
