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    • Climate change fund launched 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, October 22, 2015, on page B1-B2)
      Local government units and community organizations may soon access the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF) for climate change adaptation projects, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Wednesday. Created under ...
    • Climate-oriented dev't to save millions from poverty 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, December 2, 2016, on page A2)
      More than 100 million people from Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines may fall into extreme poverty by 2030 without climate-oriented development in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...
    • LandBank to triple lending to farmers, fishers over next 6 yrs 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, December 29, 2016, on page B2)
      To accomplish this goal, Buenaventura said he will initiate a “reengineering” of the credit facilities for small stakeholders in the agriculture sector, and encourage them to enter into “corporatives.” Under his proposal, ...
    • Policies for PH ocean tourism pushed 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, January 1, 2022, on page B3)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has identified a number of policy proposals that can help the Philippines improve its ocean tourism industry. "As a component of the blue economy, ocean tourism is an important contributor ...