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Funding for the SULONG comes from various sources that include the Land Bank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines, SB Corp., Quedancor, PhilExim,  the National Livelihood Support Fund and the Social Security System.


For this year alone, Alonzo said, the government has set a lending target of P28.8 billion.


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                    [Summary] => Backing its policy pronouncement on promoting small and medium enterprises, the government will provide an additional P10 billion for micro-financing over a 10-year period, Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima said yesterday.


The additional funding, Purisima said, would create three million micro-enterprises.


"The planned P10 billion would be on top of the funds already provided under the SME Unified Lending Program for National Growth (SULONG)," the DTI chief said.


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                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), along with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and various   government financial institutions (GFIs), is designing a unified lending program for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).


Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday that the unified lending program, which  will  be called SME Unified Lending Program for National Growth or SULONG, will make it  easier for small and medium-sized businesses to secure bank loans.


Government is eyeing a loan fund of between P20 billion and P30 billion for SMEs. 


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Funding for the SULONG comes from various sources that include the Land Bank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines, SB Corp., Quedancor, PhilExim,  the National Livelihood Support Fund and the Social Security System.


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The additional funding, Purisima said, would create three million micro-enterprises.


"The planned P10 billion would be on top of the funds already provided under the SME Unified Lending Program for National Growth (SULONG)," the DTI chief said.


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Government allots P310B for lending to SMEs

By Marianne V. Go | April 20, 2005 - 12:00am

The government is allocating P310 billion over a five-year period from 2005 to 2010 for lending under the SME Unified Lending Program for National Growth (SULONG), Trade Undersecretary for SMEs Zorayda Amelia Alonzo...

Business

Gov’t to provide add’l P10B for microfinancing

By Marianne V. Go | August 4, 2004 - 12:00am

Backing its policy pronouncement on promoting small and medium enterprises, the government will provide an additional P10 billion for micro-financing over a 10-year period, Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima...

Business

Unified loan program for SMEs pushed

By Marianne V. Go | January 24, 2003 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), along with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and various government financial institutions (GFIs), is designing a unified lending program for small and medium enterprises...

Business