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The government financial institution (GFI) sourced the amount from official development assistance (ODAs) which have reached P126 billion since 1991. It further indicated that 12 programs being currently being implemented worth P62 billion with total releases to sub-projects amounting to P29 billion.


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                    [Title] => Inequities surround us
                    [Summary] => Finding a solution to the country’s problems – with focus on reducing the widening inequity and poor access to resources that a growing number of Filipinos are experiencing – is a task that indubitably belongs to government. 


The fact that our poverty index is fast growing in absolute terms should scare our economists. Half of the country’s population is now categorized as poor; while 18 million are among the poorest of the poor. Indeed, a ticking social time bomb. 


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The coastal service is one of many routes identified for financing under the Sustainable Logistics Development Program (SLDP), a DBP facility that seeks to spur greater economic activity by improving the country’s basic infrastructure. 


That means establishing a grains "highway", a road-to-Ro Ro terminal system, and a cold chain.

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Arroyo said the SLDP aims to improve the country’s basic infrastructure for the efficient movement of basic commodities through the introduction of modern storage handling and transport system under proper quality control management. The President also said that the program would spur greater economic activity in the countryside.


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The government-run pension fund fears that due to its inability to dispose of bad assets, coupled with poor collection contributions and increasing values in benefit payments, the system’s funds will be depleted by 2015.


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                    [Summary] => The Monetary Board has approved the Social Security System’s (SSS) appointment of Equitable PCI Bank as its depository bank.


SSS, a financial giant with resources of P181.7 billion and 23 million members, requires extensive banking services.


SSS chairman and president Vitaliano N. Nañagas II said "We have chosen a financial institution that has both the strong resources and the capability to service our various requirements."


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The government financial institution (GFI) sourced the amount from official development assistance (ODAs) which have reached P126 billion since 1991. It further indicated that 12 programs being currently being implemented worth P62 billion with total releases to sub-projects amounting to P29 billion.


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The fact that our poverty index is fast growing in absolute terms should scare our economists. Half of the country’s population is now categorized as poor; while 18 million are among the poorest of the poor. Indeed, a ticking social time bomb. 


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SSS, a financial giant with resources of P181.7 billion and 23 million members, requires extensive banking services.


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DBP allocates P31-B production-related, infrastructure projects

October 11, 2005 - 12:00am

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is prepared to allocate P31 billion for transportation and infrastructure projects related to improving the country’s food chain. The government financial...

Banking

Inequities surround us

By Rey Gamboa | March 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Finding a solution to the country’s problems – with focus on reducing the widening inequity and poor access to resources that a growing number of Filipinos are experiencing – is a task that indubitably...

Business

DBP extends technical assistance loans for Ro/Ro terminal

August 19, 2003 - 12:00am

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) will provide loans that would ultimately lead to the development of a road Ro/Ro (roll-on/roll-off) terminal system known as the Northeastern Luzon Pacific Coastal Service...

Banking

DBP spearheads SLDP initiative

September 17, 2002 - 12:00am

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged concerned government agencies and the private sector to further intensify efforts for the early implementation of the sustainable logistics development program (SLDP) of the...

Banking

SSS to pick between own people, foreign group to manage its NPAs

By Ted P. Torres | February 11, 2002 - 12:00am

The Social Security System (SSS) is considering either hiring a foreign asset management company (AMC) or forming one itself. An AMC whether hired or formed internally is tasked to eliminate the company’s non-performing...

Business

Equitable PCI is depository bank of SSS

July 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The Monetary Board has approved the Social Security System’s (SSS) appointment of Equitable PCI Bank as its depository bank. SSS, a financial giant with resources of P181.7 billion and 23 million members, requires...

Business