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Jose Abad Santos town promotes native handicrafts production

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