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 A Home of Their Own ADB Review Article by Floyd Whaley, May 2006 More than 40% of urban families in the Philippines live in makeshift housing, according to government statistics. A housing assistance project funded by ADB is helping hundreds of poor families in the Philippines own homes. Owning a house is my long life dream, says a 45-year-old motorcycle taxi driver. |
 A Boost for TourismADB Review Article by Rita Festin, May 2006 Known as the Philippines' last frontier because of its strong environmental program, Puerto Princesa wants to be the country's number one tourist destination for ecotourism. With ADB's help, Palawan is putting in place new roads, sanitation services, and environmental protection as it prepares for more tourism. |
 Living the DreamADB Review Article by Rita Festin, May 2006 A community once struggling to survive and risking life and limbs in the informal settlements that cling closely to the railway tracks of Muntinlupa in Metro Manila, now live in dreamland. A new community housing project has become a model for improving the lives of informal settlers in the Philippine capital. |
 Reducing Tricycle Noise in the Philippines' Puerto Princesa CityPhilippine Feature Story by Rita Festin, April 2006 Puerto Princesa City, a popular tourist destination, prides itself as the cleanest and greenest in the country. But it may be one of the noisiest cities too because of its tricycle—the fast-becoming tourist icons on their own like Thailand's tuk-tuks with unique larger-than-usual design. |
 Lilo-An's "Decentralized" Waste Water Treatment Facility Improves Cebu's BeachesPhilippine Feature Story by Rita Festin, February 2006 This market had been polluting the 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. |
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