22-24 and 29-31 October
Executive Director Jimenez Conducts Philippine Consultation Visits
 Ambassador and ADB Executive Director Marita Magpili-Jimenez inspected ongoing construction in the P330-million Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) in Dauin, Negros Oriental which is part of the $60-million Southern Philippine Irrigation Sector Project. She was accompanied by Administrator Marcelino Tugaoen Jr., of the National Irrigation Administration, local irrigation officials and Mayor Rodrigo A. Alanano. She also went to a resettlement site of the farmers relocated from the P608-million Can-Asujan SRIP in Carcar, Cebu. For the $75-million Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector project, she visited a 13-kilometer farm-to-market road and bridge in Kapalong, Davao del Norte and met with Panabo City Mayor Jose Silvosa on their proposed farm-to-market road. She also visited the regional center rehabilitated under the $25-million Technical Education and Skills Development project in Cebu with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Deputy Director General Pastor Guiao.
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25-26 October
ADB Director General Visits Panabo City Projects
 Arjun Thapan, Director General, ADB Southeast Asia Department, visited women market vendors in Panabo City near the ADB-funded Women's Resource Center. The center provides livelihood seminars and trainings to augment the income of women. It also has a day care facility and a medical clinic. Mr. Thapan visited other ADB-funded projects, such as the transport terminal in the city under the Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector Project and the $128 million state-of-the-art Davao International Airport. He also attended the 12th BIMP-EAGA ministers meeting.
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22 October
Launching of Philippine Financial Literacy Program
 The Philippine National Financial Literacy Program was recently launched at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas as part of the Government's Microfinance Development Program. Supported by an ADB policy-based loan approved in 2005, the program aims to enhance financial knowledge of poor clients and the viability of microfinance institutions. Eiichi Sasaki, ADB Financial Sector Specialist, delivered a speech.
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5 October
Philippine Community of Practice for Local Government Planning and Expenditure Management
About 80 regional officials of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) formed the core team for the pilot Philippine Community of Practice. The event combined ADB's support for enhancing local government planning and expenditure management and the development of communities of practice. NEDA Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Director General Marcelina Bacani delivered the opening message.
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27 September
Supreme Court Chief Justice at ADB Anti-Money Laundering Workshop
 Chief Justice Reynato Puno of the Supreme Court of the Philippines delivered the keynote address at the 2nd workshop on strenghtening the Philippine anti-money laundering regime at the ADB headquarters. The workshop builds on the findings of an earlier one in March. From left are Vicente Aquino, Executive Director of the AMLC Secretariat ; Jaseem Ahmed, Director, ADB's Southeast Asia Governance, Finance and Trade Divison; Amando Tetangco Jr., Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, and Chairman, Anti-Money Laundering Council; Kuniki Nakamori, Deputy Director General, ADB Southeast Asia Department; Ambassador Marita Magpili-Jimenez, ADB Executive Director; and Hon. Aurora Santiago-Lagman, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals.
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21 September
Development Partners to Provide More Funds to Help Small and Weak Economies Benefit from Trade
Major donors have expressed willingness to provide more funds to small and weak states in Asia and the Pacific to help them lay the groundwork for increased trade and thus reap the benefits of globalization. Read the full story.
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20 September
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivers the Keynote Address of the "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and Pacific" conference
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19 September
Jaime Zobel de Ayala speaks at ADB Conference
 Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation, spoke at the Philippine breakout session on the first day of the "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and Pacific" conference. Top global and regional trade and finance officials agreed on key measures to harness trade as an engine of growth and help close development gaps in the region. Looking on are from left former Bulacan Governor Josie dela Cruz and Jose Concepcion III who also spoke at the session.
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17 September
ADB Lifts Philippines' Growth Forecasts, Lowers Inflation Estimates In a new major report, ADB upgraded its economic outlook and lowered inflation forecast for the Philippines in 2007 and 2008 on the back of solid growth posted by the domestic economy in the first half of the current year. Read the full story.
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11 September
ADB Promoting Economic Integration in East ASEAN Growth Area
ADB is helping enhance trade procedures in the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) as part of efforts to promote the integration of the subregion's economies. Read the full story.
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