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The Social Security System (SSS), has so far extended a total of P1.2 billion in loans to micro, small and medium enterprises under a credit program implemented by government financial institutions such as the SSS.
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The National Food Authority (NFA), the debt-laden grains agency, will push through with its plan to issue bonds this year to take advantage of strong investor appetite, a Department of Finance official said during the weekend.
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Preventing more scams
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Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante is expected to return to Manila next week. There is no certainty that his return will bring the country closer to the truth about the fertilizer subsidy amounting to P729 million that critics say was used by the Department of Agriculture for the administration’s campaign in the 2004 presidential race.
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                    [Title] => 31 new mariculture parks to be launched
                    [Summary] => The country’s fish production is getting a huge boost with the earmarking of P86.6 million for the launch of 31 new community-based mariculture parks, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, chairman of the House committee on fisheries and aquaculture, said.


The fresh funding, contained in the 2007 national budget, would enable the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to eventually double to 62 the number of mariculture parks in municipal waters countrywide, Villafuerte said.


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                    [Title] => 31 new mariculture parks to be launched
                    [Summary] => The country’s fish production is getting a huge boost with the earmarking of P86.6 million for the launch of 31 new community-based mariculture parks, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, chairman of the House committee on fisheries and aquaculture, said.


The fresh funding, contained in the 2007 national budget, would enable the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to eventually double to 62 the number of mariculture parks in municipal waters countrywide, Villafuerte said.


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                    [Title] => Quedancor sets loan generation target at P6.7B
                    [Summary] => The Quedan Rural Credit and Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) is targeting to release loans worth P6.7 billion this year or 26 percent higher than last year’s P5.3 billion.


"We hope to  be more aggressive in lending this year and we are further intensifying our loan generation mechanisms and zero in on more projects  geared toward improving agricultural productivity,"said  Quedancor president Nelson Buenaflor during the agency’s anniversary celebration yesterday.


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Philip Ong, president of  Santeh Feeds Corp., works  with  fish farmers to expand the production of  these high value fish and links them up with  upscale hotels, restaurants and supermarkets. 


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                    [Title] => Quedancor gets P2.2-B loan from Landbank, UCPB
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Quedancor president and chief executive officer Nelson Buenaflor  said the loan proceeds will go into the agency’s various loan financing programs for agri-based entrepreneurs and individual farmers and fisherfolks. 


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                    [Title] => Quedancor, RBAP to launch P500-M loan facility for farmers
                    [Summary] => The Quedan Rural Credit and Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) and Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) will be launching a P500-million Multi-Investment Program for Small Farmers and Fisherfolks. Nelson Buenaflor, president and chief executive officer of Quedancor, said the program will enable his agency to increase its loan releases this year which is projected at P5.1 billion. 


Under the program, RBAP members, numbering 725, will purchase promissory notes (PNs) issued by Quedancor to organized small farmers and fisherfolk organizations. 


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                    [Title] => Credit gap in agriculture seen to widen further this year
                    [Summary] => Despite efforts by government to support agricultural lending, the agriculture sector will  continue to experience a credit gap of about P400 billion this year until 2005 as financial institutions shy away from extending loans to these high-risk sectors. 


Data culled by the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) show a wide difference between  credit demand and loans granted by banks to farmers and fisherfolks groups and individuals. 


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The fresh funding, contained in the 2007 national budget, would enable the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to eventually double to 62 the number of mariculture parks in municipal waters countrywide, Villafuerte said.


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The fresh funding, contained in the 2007 national budget, would enable the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to eventually double to 62 the number of mariculture parks in municipal waters countrywide, Villafuerte said.


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"We hope to  be more aggressive in lending this year and we are further intensifying our loan generation mechanisms and zero in on more projects  geared toward improving agricultural productivity,"said  Quedancor president Nelson Buenaflor during the agency’s anniversary celebration yesterday.


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Philip Ong, president of  Santeh Feeds Corp., works  with  fish farmers to expand the production of  these high value fish and links them up with  upscale hotels, restaurants and supermarkets. 


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Quedancor president and chief executive officer Nelson Buenaflor  said the loan proceeds will go into the agency’s various loan financing programs for agri-based entrepreneurs and individual farmers and fisherfolks. 


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Data culled by the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) show a wide difference between  credit demand and loans granted by banks to farmers and fisherfolks groups and individuals. 


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