Investments in critical infrastructure projects in the Philippines align directly with the United States ' national security agenda in the Indo-Pacific region, according to the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). Speaking at a US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week, USTDA...
The development of a United States-backed mining project in Zambales, which could yield up to 20,000 metric tons (MT) of critical minerals annually, remains on track as cooperation deepens under the Washington-led Pax Silica initiative. US Trade Development Agency (USTDA) Deputy Director Thomas...
More than two years after signing the grant agreement, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is moving forward with its plan to develop a nationwide vessel traffic management system (VTMS), beginning its search for a United States-based (US) partner to oversee the project’s feasibility study....
The United States (US) is pushing the pedal to the metal in developing its feasibility study (FS) for the proposed Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) Railway as it searches for a railway expert to oversee progress on the project. In an advisory, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced...
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...