Thank You to Japan! This is great news.
Japan bestows grant to RP for its medium-term economic goals
02/13/2009 | 04:20 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Japan extended a special grant to the Philippines, allowing Manila to meet its medium-term economic goals.
Worth Y700 million or P361.544 million, the said grant was the eighth such batch in Japan’s non-project grant aid (NPGA), the Japanese embassy’s Philippine website said.
All eight grants have now reached a total of Y15.1 billion or P7.803 billion.
Besides allowing the Philippines to procure commodities such as fertilizers, the grant also supports various projects including the distribution of personal computers for public secondary schools around the country.
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