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DAVAO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) – The native handicrafts produced by the B’Laan and Manobo tribes in Jose Abad Santos (JAS) town in Davao Occidental, is seen to be a growing industry in the municipality.   JAS Mayor Jason John Joyce took pride of the tribes’ handicraft produce such as baskets made of nito plant and wooden furniture products made of drift woods.   “The nice wooden products are made of drift woods, assembled by our indigenous people to make wonderful furniture,” Joyce said in today’s episode of the Laging Handa Network Briefing with Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar.   The mayor asked the Secretary’s assistance in promoting the native handicrafts to gain domestic and international markets.   Having fishing and agriculture as the main industries of the municipality, Joyce also bragged about their abundant aquatic resources which include first-class fishes like tuna, malasugue (blue marlin), tanguige as well as lobster.   For the agriculture industry, he said

DAVAO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) – Jose Abad Santos Mayor Jason John Joyce of Davao Occidental said that the vaccination rate in the municipality has recently improved due to the increased awareness among the constituents on the vaccination campaign against COVID-19.   Although the mayor admitted that there was vaccination hesitancy among their senior citizens, he said that the local government unit and the health care frontliners like the midwives and barangay health workers have never ceased explaining the importance of the vaccination.   “Never  tayo nagkaroon ng kakulangan sa mga bakuna mula sa  national government. We really appreciate the Duterte presidency for being very efficient in providing vaccines for far flung areas especially in the GIDAs and poor municipalities,” Joyce stated.   The vaccination rollout is ongoing with the help of the Provincial Health Office of Davao Occidental and the Department of Health Region XI, the mayor said during Friday’s (Oct. 15) episode of the Lagin