Keen to advance nuclear energy development, Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is set to receive funding support from the United States (US) government nearly three years after it first sought assistance to explore the potential of small modular reactors (SMRs). On the sidelines...
The United States and the Philippines have signed an agreement for the funding of technical assistance for the construction of the Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) Railway, which is designed to link three major ports in Luzon. According to the US Embassy in Manila, the US Trade and Development...
USTDA & NOW Telecom partner for 5G, NBN By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and NOW Telecom Company, Inc. partnered to deploy a nationwide stand-alone 5G mobile and fixed wireless network in the Philippines, the local telco disclosed Friday, January 13. The USTDA,...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) will be reinforcing its geothermal capacity with at least six new projects being lined up for completion by end-2022 and in the next five years. Atty. Allan Barcena, assistant vice president and head of public relations at EDC, noted that four projects...
The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) approved a grant funding for technical assistance (TA) to NOW Telecom Co. Inc. so it can develop Wireless Telephony Network for the Philippines using 5G Technology. This was announced during the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris....
The United States government, through its US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), has extended financial assistance for the conduct of a feasibility study (FS) on the 50-megawatt Amacan geothermal prospect being pursued by Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in Mindanao. The grant was...
The government’s plan to provide smart mobility and traffic management solutions in Cebu City has received a grant from the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Transportation (DOTr), and USTDA signed on Wednesday, April 15, a $668,000...
The United States and the Department of Finance (DOF) sealed a grant that will fund the digital transformation program of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) described as “fully functional and irreversible.” During the signing ceremonies for the grant agreement Tuesday, Feb. 16, Finance...
