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March 6, 2017

MINDANAO SILK COOPERATIVE: Senator Nancy Binay inspects the cultivation of silkworms at the Philippine Textile Research Institute's (PTRI) Silkworm Breeding and Multiplication Facility in Brgy. Imelda, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental last weekend. This Department of Science and Technology (DOST) center is specifically situated in the town because the mullberry tree, the silkworms' preffered food source, is endemic in Villanueva. PTRI-Misamis Oriental's Officer in Charge Cheryl G. Lopez briefed Senator Binay, Misamis Oriental Vice Governor Jose Mari Pelaez, and Villanueva town mayor Jennie Rosalie Uy on silkworm breeding and how it supports the local silk industry.

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