Dye hub.

Officials of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) sign a memorandum of agreement with the representatives of University of Abra (UAbra), formerly Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology (ASIST) and the DOST Cordillera Administrative Region (DOST – CAR) to establish the second Natural Dyes (NatDyes) Hub in La Paz, Abra. This is the third NatDyes Hub in CAR and the 14th in the country. The agreement was signed during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Week (RSTW) at the Heritage Convention Center in Ifugao State University on Aug. 7, 2024.