ILOILO CITY, April 30 -- A community in the municipality of Miagao in Iloilo is a recipient of a convergence project of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT U), boosting its weaving industry that serves as a source of livelihood for women of Barangay Baraclayan.

The community on Tuesday inaugurated its newly improved weaving facility, one of the components of the Natural Fiber and Textile Development Initiatives, funded through the DOST grants-in-aid program worth around PHP5 million.

"This is one of our many initiatives to strengthen our fiber industry not only in Miagao or in Iloilo but the whole of Western Visayas," DOST Regional Director Rowen Gelonga said in a press ...