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 ADB Philippine Office website and e-newsletter receive PR awards
The Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) recently bestowed Anvil Awards of Merit to the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Philippine Country Office website and e-newsletter for effectively communicating the ADB-Philippines Development Partnership by using both electronic Public Relations tools. From left are Joel Lacsamana, 41st Anvil Awards Chairman; Ed Alcaraz, Awards Committee adviser; ADB national staff Romy Dona, Rita Festin, and Norman Lu; Justice Amado D. Valdez, Chairman of the Awards' Board of Jurors; and Milen de Quiros, PRSP President. (26 February 2006)
ADB Book Cover Design Contest to be Launched
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - ADB is inviting talented student artists who are bona fide college students in Metro Manila to submit entries to a cover design competition of its flagship statistics publication "Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries". Read the news release.
 Appreciation for ADB assistance to Early Childhood Development Project
OIC-Secretary Luwalhati Pablo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) (at right) presents a plaque of appreciation to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), represented by Cecile Gregory, ADB Director, Institutional Services Division, for the Bank's support to the Early Childhood Development Project during a Recognition Program on 31 January 2006. More than 3 million children benefited from the project which addressed poverty in regions VI, VII and XII by providing services and supporting activities to ensure survival and promote the development of children from ages 0 to 6. Ms. Gregory supervised the Project as Task Manager during its initial stages.
ADB President Offers Sympathy, Support after Philippines Landslide Disaster
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda today offered his deepest sympathy following a landslide disaster that hit Southern Leyte Province, Philippines, yesterday morning and said his organization stands ready to assist. Read the news release.
ADB to Help Fight Communicable Diseases in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines
A US$1.2 million ADB technical assistance (TA) grant will help Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines fight the spread of communicable and infectious diseases and to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read the news release.
ADB Supporting Philippine Government's Debt and Risk Management
In response to a direct request from the Secretary of Finance, ADB will help the Philippine Government improve its debt and risk management through a technical assistance grant of US$720,000 . Read the news release.
Asian Economic Integration: Opportunities for Philippine Development
The increasing integration of East Asian economies offers important opportunities to the Philippines, the President said at a luncheon meeting of the Asia Society in Manila yesterday. Read the speech.
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In this small town of 80,000 inhabitants, a bold initiative of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR), with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila has made a significant contribution
to the improvement of coastal environment. On 23 November 2005, Lilo-an municipality, DENR and ADB inaugurated a
decentralized water treatment facility which is going to clean all waste waters from a public market in Poblacion,
which was known to be an environmental "hot spot" at Lilo-an's beach. This market had been polluting this popular weekend beach of the Cebuanos for many years, and had caused headaches and health concerns to many of the city's visitors and its administrators. Read the