Leading energy player Aboitiz Power Corporation has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) so it can explore ‘transition financing package for its planned power projects – primarily for targeted developments in the renewable energy...
Surigao del Sur Representative Johnny Pimentel on Thursday, November 2 is confident that Japan can be the “logical fallback funding source” for the construction of the Mindanao Railways Project (MRP). Pimentel raised the idea ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit...
The Singapore-based holding firm of Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P) has reshuffled its top management after the departure of its former Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman, following an internal investigation due to alleged mismanagement concerns in the company. AG&P announced that...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have sealed a loan agreement to assist the Philippines during disasters and health emergencies. In a statement, the DOF said Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and JICA Senior Vice President Nakazawa Keiichiro...
The Philippines has stepped up its air quality monitoring capacity as it partners with South Korea in a bid to improve the government's plans and policies. Manila and Seoul recently signed a partnership agreement to roll out the Pan-Asia Partnership for Geospatial Air Pollution Information and the...
The Bureau of Customs will revive the operations of the Philippines Customs Laboratory (PCL) for proper and accurate analysis of chemical products entering the country, which in turn, would determine the appropriate imposable duties on imported products. BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the PCL...
Months after meeting in Tokyo, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has expressed interest in the newly-passed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. *COURTESY CALL - President Marcos meets with officials from the Japan Bank for...
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has expressed its interest in energy tie-ups in the Philippines, particularly in the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a traditional source of power, the Presidental Communications Office (PCO) said. *ENERGY COOPERATION - Japan Bank for...
Centro Escolar University School of Medical Technology lecturer, Professor Joy Potenciano Calayo. qualifies for a three-month training by the Japan government. This is through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which will be held at the Research Institute of Tuberculosis in Japan....
On behalf of the Philippine Senate, acting Senate President Pro Tempore Juan Miguel Zubiri expressed condolences for the tragic passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ‘’I had visited the Residence of Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko this morning to sign the Book of...
Japan’s financial support to the Philippines during the Duterte administration’s nation-building programs surpassed the amount committed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe five-years ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. According to the DOF, Japan, the Philippines’ biggest...
The Japanese government has extended another loan to the Philippines for the Covid-19 recovery programs, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Tuesday, April 26. Tokyo and Manila signed a 30-billion yen, roughly P12.3 billion, in support of the Philippine government’s continuing efforts to...