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Commitment fees on problematic ODA-funded projects hit P2.2 billion

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 14, 2024 - 12:00am

The 45 official development assistance projects flagged as problematic are costing the government about P2.2 billion and...

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Philippines inks $3B loan agreement with South Korea for infrastructure projects

December 22, 2022 - 7:34pm

The Philippines has signed an agreement with the Republic of Korea that allows Manila to borrow up to USD3 billion from 2022...

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Foreign aid spending hit 8-year peak but pandemic poses fresh hurdles

By Prinz Magtulis | August 31, 2020 - 1:16pm

Acting NEDA chief Karl Kendrick Chua said agencies have improved their absorptive capacity to spend.

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Japan long supports small projects with big impact

By DIPLOMATIC POUCH | By Koji Haneda | October 24, 2019 - 12:00am

When we talk about official development assistance, we usually think of roads, railways, airports, and the like.

Opinion

Official Development Assistance

By Nigel Paul Villarete | July 30, 2019 - 12:00am

We often hear or read about the term “Official Development Assistance” or ODA. It ordinarily connotes “loans” or “grants” used for huge multi-billion projects.

Freeman Opinion

Infrastructure projects waiting in the wings

By Rey Gamboa | February 14, 2019 - 12:00am

Philippine infrastructure projects with public-private (or private-public) partnerships, as differentiated from those with full government funding, are creeping back into the system – and this is a good t...

Business

Economic managers want more ODA for infrastructure funding

By Czeriza Valencia | November 24, 2018 - 12:00am

The Philippines should maximize the use of official development assistance to fund in whole or in part big-ticket infrastructure...

Business

Senate to review deals with China

By Paolo Romero | November 22, 2018 - 12:00am

The Senate will review the joint oil and gas exploration deal with China as well as 28 other agreements signed during the...

Headlines

Philippines gets single biggest ODA from Korea

By Louise Maureen Simeon | September 4, 2018 - 12:00am

The Philippines has secured an P11.2 billion loan from the South Korean government – its single biggest official development assistance from any country to date – for the construction of the largest irrigation...

Business

Duterte warns China not to siphon oil in West Philippine Sea

By Christina Mendez | August 23, 2018 - 12:00am

While his economic team is in Beijing to firm up the funding for the government’s “Build, Build, Build”...

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