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The Philippines and Australia have launched a project that aims to determine the value and market potential of local coral reef and mangrove ecosystem services, environment officials announced yesterday.

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Non-government organizations NGO engaged in biodiversity conservation now have access to a  $4.5 million grant facility of the United Nations Development Programme UNDP) managed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

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The Philippine Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (PIEEP) would need more than $27 million in government, international agency funding and bank financing, a top energy official said.

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Niay maayong balita (ambut maayo ba gyud ni), ang World Bank mi-approve sa 40 milyones ka dolyar nga additional loan alang sa electrification program sa atong nasud, pinaagi sa DBP.

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The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has received a $40-million rural electrification loan from the World Bank.

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The coral reef restoration and remediation working group is one of six working groups of the Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building Management Project (CRTR&CBM), which aims to accelerate and refine a global response to the crisis faced by coral reefs worldwide.
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More than half of the world’s population of hogs and more than one-third of poultry are raised in East Asia. And, distressingly, most of these wastes end up in the South China Sea.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) note that agricultural waste ranks second as the largest land-based source of marine pollution.
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Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez, who heads the four-man Philippine delegation attending the event, will sign on behalf of President Arroyo a treaty with various countries during the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
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The Philippines and Australia have launched a project that aims to determine the value and market potential of local coral reef and mangrove ecosystem services, environment officials announced yesterday.

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Non-government organizations NGO engaged in biodiversity conservation now have access to a  $4.5 million grant facility of the United Nations Development Programme UNDP) managed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

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The Philippine Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (PIEEP) would need more than $27 million in government, international agency funding and bank financing, a top energy official said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 465268 [Title] => Rural electrification [Summary] =>

Niay maayong balita (ambut maayo ba gyud ni), ang World Bank mi-approve sa 40 milyones ka dolyar nga additional loan alang sa electrification program sa atong nasud, pinaagi sa DBP.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134484 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1129613 [AuthorName] => Antolin dela Cerna [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 457622 [Title] => World Bank lends $40 million to DBP [Summary] =>

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has received a $40-million rural electrification loan from the World Bank.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 344279 [Title] => Lawyer takes post as BIR deputy commissioner [Summary] => Malacañang has appointed lawyer Gregorio Cabantac as deputy commissioner for legal and enforcement at the Bureau of Internal Revenue. He took his oath last Friday and officially assumed his post as head of the Bureau’s legal department the other day.
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The coral reef restoration and remediation working group is one of six working groups of the Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building Management Project (CRTR&CBM), which aims to accelerate and refine a global response to the crisis faced by coral reefs worldwide.
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More than half of the world’s population of hogs and more than one-third of poultry are raised in East Asia. And, distressingly, most of these wastes end up in the South China Sea.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) note that agricultural waste ranks second as the largest land-based source of marine pollution.
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Environment Secretary Heherson Alvarez, who heads the four-man Philippine delegation attending the event, will sign on behalf of President Arroyo a treaty with various countries during the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
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