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Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong said over the weekend that a technical assistance grant of about $600,000 was under negotiations.


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The fund, beefed up by donations from STAR readers, has raised P3,496,958 for
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"One soldier thanked us when we gave him a check," said 1999 STAR Face of the
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DOF seeks P35-M grant to fund M’danao study

By Des Ferriols | February 16, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Finance (DOF) is negotiating for a P35-million grant to finance the needs assessment survey for Mindanao that would determine the disposition of the so-called Peace Fund. Finance Secretary Juanita...

Business

DOF seeks P35-M grant to fund M’danao study

By Des Ferriols | February 16, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Finance (DOF) is negotiating for a P35-million grant to finance the needs assessment survey for Mindanao that would determine the disposition of the so-called Peace Fund. Finance Secretary Juanita...

Business

UN, EC to assist in Mindanao development

By Des Ferriols | December 27, 2003 - 12:00am

The United Nations and the European Community (EC) have agreed to assist in the conduct of a needs assessment survey of Mindanao in an effort to rationalize the use of the so-called Peace Fund.

Business

US opts out of World-Bank led Peace Fund for Mindanao

December 8, 2003 - 12:00am

The US has decided not to participate in the creation of the World Bank-led Multi-Donor Trust Fund otherwise known as the Peace Fund. The Department of Finance (DOF) disclosed over the weekend that the US was not...

Business

US decries role in creation of Peace Fund

By Des Ferriols | October 19, 2003 - 12:00am

As the government initiated bilateral talks with the prospective donors to the Mindanao trust fund, otherwise known as the Peace Fund, the US is protesting an oversight that inadvertently diminished its role as a...

Business

WB, USAID to finance Mindanao Peace Fund

By Des Ferriols | September 29, 2003 - 12:00am

The World Bank and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have agreed to provide the initial funding for the so-called Peace Fund, a $50-million grant facility intended for development projects in the...

Business

Wounded soldiers get checks from STAR

By by ANN MONTEMAR-ORIONDO | May 26, 2000 - 12:00am

Fourteen wounded soldiers confined at the AFP Medical Center's Heroes Ward received yesterday P10,000 each from The Philippine STAR's "Filipino Soldiers for Peace Fund." The fund, beefed up by donations from...

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