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Most who know their Philippine history have some knowledge of the famed Siege of Baler in 1898, the strange-but-true story of the last holdouts of the Spanish empire who, half-starved and wracked by disease, refused to surrender to Filipino revolutionary forces that surrounded them.

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The $3.6-million grant comes from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the government of Japan.
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The amount will be used to develop mainly unutilized or under-utilized government land for a balanced, integrated urban redevelopment program with the urban poor as primary beneficiary.
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ADB senior urban development specialist and task manager Matthew Westfall said the loan is divided equally into two parts. One half ($50 million) will finance the development of urban poor communities while the other half will be used to finance a project called Metro Manila Urban Services for the Poor.
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ADB senior urban development specialist and task manager Matthew Westfall said the loan is divided equally into two parts. One half ($50 million) will finance the development of urban poor communities while the other half will be used to finance a project called Metro Manila Urban Services for the Poor.
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