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Booming populations, rapid urbanization and competing demands for food and energy will drain Asia's dwindling freshwater supplies unless the region better manages its resources, experts said today.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended a $3-million grant to the victims of the landslid in Southern Leyte last February.


In a statement, the ADB said the money, which was financed by the  Japanese government through the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, will be used for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of key infrastructure facilities in the province that were damaged by landslides, including rebuilding roads, upgrading hospitals, and building schools.


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The Asian Development Bank extended yesterday a $3-million grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction for the victims of the landslide in Southern Leyte last February.


The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction is financed by the Japanese government.


Speaking during the ADB’s 40th anniversary celebration, President Arroyo said the bank could put up a special social fund for projects that could help uplift the lives of the Filipino poor.


"For indeed, ADB has helped pull many Filipinos out of poverty," she said.


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                    [Title] => MWSS gets $.8-M grant from ADB
                    [Summary] => The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended a grant of  $800,000 (approximately P40.8 million for the identification and development of additional potable water sources for Metro Manila. The recipient is the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS).


Being a technical assistance in nature, the grant will require minimal counterpart funding from the MWSS. 


ADB director for Philippine affairs Dr. Gunther Hecker said he would not be surprised if part of the grant would go to upgrading of facilities.


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The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction is financed by the Japanese government.


Speaking during the ADB’s 40th anniversary celebration, President Arroyo said the bank could put up a special social fund for projects that could help uplift the lives of the Filipino poor.


"For indeed, ADB has helped pull many Filipinos out of poverty," she said.


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