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Hope behind bars: Inmates learn handmade papermaking from FPRDI
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Hope behind bars: Inmates learn handmade papermaking from FPRDI
May 14, 2013
They may be temporarily incarcerated, but that does not limit the inmates at the Pasay City Jail from exploring some livelihood options.
The Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) conducted the “Seminar-Forum on Paper Recycling and Paper Product Development” for the 35 inmates and 4 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) staff last 12 April 2013. This activity was initiated by Jail Superintendent Brendan O. Fulgencio, Warden of Pasay City Jail.
FPRDI trains Smokey Mountain-based Coop on leaf skeletonizing
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FPRDI trains Smokey Mountain-based Coop on leaf skeletonizing
May 3, 2013
What used to be the country's biggest, most notorious landfill is now a spot where a handicraft-making group thrives.
Members of the Smokey Mountain-based group Sambayanan ng Muling Pagkabuhay Cooperative were recently trained by the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) on the new method of leaf skeletonizing. The training was held last 10 April 2013 and was facilitated by Mr. Cesar O. Austria and Ms. Teresita B. Cosico, Senior Science Research Specialist and Training Coordinator, respectively, at FPRDI’s Technical Services Division (TSD).
FPRDI places in NRCP Scientific Poster Competition
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FPRDI places in NRCP Scientific Poster Competition
April 2, 2013
FPRDI Scientist Arsenio B. Ella and his team’s poster won 3rd prize in the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Cluster IV Scientific Poster Competition held during NRCP’s 80th General Membership Assembly last 13 March 2013 at the Manila Hotel.
Titled “Wood Anatomy and Related Properties of Naturally Grown Philippine Teak (Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook. f.)”, the poster highlights the physical, macroscopic, anatomical and strength characteristics of Philippine teak and its potential as a first-class timber.
