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French Special Envoy for the environment in the Philippines in January

The Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the Protection of the Planet, Nicolas Hulot, will be in the Philippines from January 20 to 25 to prepare the visit of French President François Hollande in the first half of 2015. In view of the 21st session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris in December 2015, climate change ranks high in the […]

Japan’s 1st Turn Over Ceremony for Typhoon Yolanda Devastated Areas

The government of Japan turned over the reconstructed daycare center and national agricultural school to the Government of the Philippines in a ceremony held on January 13, 2015 in Municipalities of Guian and Balangiga, Eastern Samar for the Japan-funded Quick Impact Projects under Urgent Development Study on the Project on Rehabilitation and Recovery from Typhoon Yolanda. The ceremony was attended by second secretary of the Embassy of Japan Koji Otani and the chief representative of […]

Investments increase in ARMM 

    Investments in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) increased by a whopping 260 percent in 2014 with investment projects recorded at    P 3.867 billion from P1.463 billion in 2013. The Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) in ARMM said the investments also generated a total of 3, 433 jobs in the region. RBOI-ARMM said the biggest investment that came in 2014 is the Biomass Renewable Energy project of Lamsan Power Corporation in […]