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Isabela Gov. Rodolfo Albano III, who caught the ire of citizens when he told his constituents to chill and pray during the typhoons, has admitted to asking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint his wife as the country’s ambassador to Japan so that his province could have easier access to Japan International Cooperation Agency aid.

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The Philippine government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency are currently in talks to revisit next year the 2004 study on the impact of “The Big One” or magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Metro Manila.

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A study by the Japan International Cooperation Study has estimated that around P2.4 billion a day is lost from wasted fuel and economic productivity as a result of traffic jams due to thunderstorm-related flash floods.

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have rolled out a new web-based credit scoring system designed to help banks and other lenders better evaluate the creditworthiness of small and medium enterprises.

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The Department of Agriculture  is planning to secure as much as $500 million in loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance a project that would reduce post-harvest losses in the rice sector and improve farmers’ income.

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Isabela Gov. Rodolfo Albano III, who caught the ire of citizens when he told his constituents to chill and pray during the typhoons, has admitted to asking President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint his wife as the country’s ambassador to Japan so that his province could have easier access to Japan International Cooperation Agency aid.

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The Philippine government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency are currently in talks to revisit next year the 2004 study on the impact of “The Big One” or magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Metro Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2025-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805083 [AuthorName] => Emmanuel Tupas [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/10/04/1_2025-10-04_22-57-46459_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2465744 [Title] => Solution to flooding woes [Summary] =>

A study by the Japan International Cooperation Study has estimated that around P2.4 billion a day is lost from wasted fuel and economic productivity as a result of traffic jams due to thunderstorm-related flash floods.

[DatePublished] => 2025-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805465 [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2464780 [Title] => BSP, JICA launch web-based SME credit scoring platform [Summary] =>

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have rolled out a new web-based credit scoring system designed to help banks and other lenders better evaluate the creditworthiness of small and medium enterprises.

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The Department of Agriculture  is planning to secure as much as $500 million in loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance a project that would reduce post-harvest losses in the rice sector and improve farmers’ income.

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