Browsing The Manila Times by Name "World Bank"

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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 ...

    • Future of coral reefs in the time of climate change 

      Chandwani, Geetika; Chandwani, Ira (The Manila Times, February 1, 2022, on page A5-A6)
      Coral reefs are one of the world's most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. They provide abundant ecological goods and services and are central to the socioeconomic and cultural welfare of coastal and island ...

    • Gender and the ocean 

      Salinas, Carlos (The Manila Times, June 19, 2019, on page B7)
      Last June 8 was World Oceans Day. The United Nations officially recognized the date as World Oceans Day in December 2008, although the Canadian government proposed setting such a day as early as 1992 during the Earth Summit ...

    • Mangroves, reefs reduce loses from disasters – UN 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (The Manila Times, June 24, 2019, on page A4)
      The Philippines was able to save more than $1 billion in losses because of its natural systems, according to a World Bank report. In its Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity report released last week, the ...

    • P10 billion eyed for fisheries program 

      (The Manila Times, October 28, 2021, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said it is in the final stage of getting the approval to implement the Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) Project worth $200 million (P10 billion) funded by the World ...

    • Public agendas and private interests in ICC/South China Sea 

      Steinbock, Dan (The Manila Times, April 8, 2019, on page A4-A5)
      In February, the US-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) released a heavily promoted report alleging that China sought to intimidate Filipinos into ceasing construction work on the Pag-Asa Island (Thitu) in ...

    • UBS, Blue finance tie up for PH marine protection 

      Salting, Ed Paolo (The Manila Times, July 10, 2023, on page B3)
      UBS, through the its grant-issuing foundation, has partnered with social enterprise Blue finance for a marine-focused impact performance initiative in the Philippines. The Swiss bank last week said that the UBS Optimus ...