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[Title] => Nine Pinoy projects in global climate change competition
[Summary] => In yet another testament to the Filipinos’ world-class skills and ingenuity, nine Philippine projects successfully hurdled the rigorous selection process of the World Bank Group’s 2009 Global Development Marketplace Competition, an international contest aimed at identifying and funding innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact.
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[Title] => Filipino finalist in lake waste recycling contest
[Summary] => Laguna Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Southeast Asia, will be the ultimate source of domestic water supply for Metro Manila in the next 10 to 20 years. However, it is getting shallow and polluted due to the proliferation of water hyacinth or water lily and dumping of wastes like young coconut husks, the waste materials of buko pie, that chokes the shorelines and river systems.
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[Title] => WB introduces development fund for entrepreneurs, NGOs
[Summary] => The World Bank launched recently the Development Marketplace (DM), a grant program that provides initial funding for resourceful ideas, and that encourages partnerships among NGOs, businesses, development banks, and governments. Bringing the competition to a local level, the World Bank organizes country innovation days (CIDs), which are country-level versions of the global DM competition. Juries comprised of local, high-level experts in relevant fields choose the winners who receive grants with values worth $5,000 to $20,000.
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[Title] => Unisys agri website wins WB grant
[Summary] => A Unisys-powered agriculture website - www.b2pricenow.com – has won a grant worth $118,000 in the World Bank’s Development Marketplace 2001 competition.
The website, which allows farmers to trade their produce and check prevailing prices with text messaging, is the "E-Commerce for Farmers" initiative of local e-marketplace B2Bpricenow.com. It was chosen as one of the 30 winning entries from the original 2,400 proposals that were submitted to the World Bank’s Development Marketplace 2001 competition held last January in Washington, D. C.
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[Summary] => The United States Embassy has conferred the Benigno Aquino Jr. for Professional Development Award to Danilo Songco, national coordinator of Caucus of Development NGO Networks.
Songco received the award for public service from former President Corazon Aquino and US Embassy chargé d’affaires Robert Fitts during ceremonies at the US ambassador’s residence in Makati.
Established in 1988 as part of the US Embassy’s International Visitor Program, the award commemorates Ninoy Aquino’s accomplishment in journalism and public service.
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The website, which allows farmers to trade their produce and check prevailing prices with text messaging, is the "E-Commerce for Farmers" initiative of local e-marketplace B2Bpricenow.com. It was chosen as one of the 30 winning entries from the original 2,400 proposals that were submitted to the World Bank’s Development Marketplace 2001 competition held last January in Washington, D. C.
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[Summary] => The United States Embassy has conferred the Benigno Aquino Jr. for Professional Development Award to Danilo Songco, national coordinator of Caucus of Development NGO Networks.
Songco received the award for public service from former President Corazon Aquino and US Embassy chargé d’affaires Robert Fitts during ceremonies at the US ambassador’s residence in Makati.
Established in 1988 as part of the US Embassy’s International Visitor Program, the award commemorates Ninoy Aquino’s accomplishment in journalism and public service.
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