The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has welcomed the call of the Philippine government to save the country’s watershed resources saying this could help reduce poverty, mitigate the effect of climate change, and boost disaster resiliency. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (center), DENR...
President Duterte has expressed his gratitude to the Japanese government for its assistance in the country's quest for progress through infrastructure development. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as he led the inauguration of the 18-kilometer portion...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) to explain why they should not be held accountable for authorizing the payment of retirement benefits of 86 officials and employees who have pending liabilities to the agency....
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launched on Wednesday, June 30 a watershed protection drive that was arguably triggered by the massive flooding experienced by Cagayan Valley last year at the hands of typhoon "Ulysses". DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (Screengrab from Zoom...
The Department of Finance (DOF) thanked the Japanese government for its funding assistance extended to the Philippines that supported its coronavirus response efforts, especially in providing emergency assistance to vulnerable sectors. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said...
The government has asked Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for an extension of the P5.87-billion Forestland Management Project (FMP), which was halted due to COVID-19 pandemic. So far, the project successfully established 71,300 hectares of agroforestry plantation. A statement noted...
The government has received the third tranche of the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) financial support for the country’s coronavirus response. In a statement, Azukizawa Eigo, JICA Philippines chief representative said the government received this month the third tranche of...
The Philippine government on Tuesday received the JPY 20-billion (approximately P8.8 billion) budgetary support pledged by the Government of Japan (GOJ), through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). (Embassy of Japan) In a statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Manila, it said...
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has partnered with a non-government organization and local government agencies to support a life skills development and rehabilitation project for Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) in the Philippines. Japan...
The P51 billion Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 2 project has now reached 28.79 percent overall progress rate, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. 7952 The 54-kilometer rail line stretches across Malolos, Bulacan to Clark, Pampanga and is expected to reduce travel time...
The 18.97-kilometer (km) Marawi Transcentral Road--one of the key road improvement projects in war-torn Marawi City in Lanao del Sur--is "almost complete". Marawi Transcentral Road (Photo courtesy of Secretary Mark Villar's Facebook page) Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary...
President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday held a telephone summit to discuss among others the impending release of the JY20 billion (roughly P9 billion) Post-Disaster Standby Loan to the Philippines, the status of the subway and railway projects in Metro Manila and...
