GoldStar Daily 17 May 2012 REPRESENTATIVES from the business, civil society, and government agencies met Tuesday in Cagayan de Oro to draft a road map for the economic future of Mindanao by 2020. Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Luwalhati Antonino said during the Mindanao Economic Policy forum that many of the issues confronting Mindanao today [...]

The Manila Times April 20, 2012 To help local government units and regulated industries, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), signed an agreement with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) that will boost green financing in the country, by providing concerned stakeholders access to the best [...]

BusinessWorld Online Posted April 11, 2011 ZAMBOANGA CITY — The government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) have agreed to establish a one-stop shop that will inform investors of regulatory requirements and facilitate processing of applications for permits. “The agreement is aimed at boosting local and foreign [...]

Manila Bulletin JC BELLO RUIZ March 28, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — Starting this July, state-run Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF or Pag-IBIG) will double its current maximum loanable amount for members to P6 million from the current P3 million, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay disclosed. Binay, concurrent chairman of the Pag-IBIG board of trustees made [...]

The Philippine Star Updated Jan 22, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – The issue of poor land use planning is being left out in the current discussions on why disasters keep happening in the Philippines. According to Dr. Walter Salzer, director and principal advisor of the ?Environment and Rural Development Program (ERDP) of the ?Deutsche Gesellschaft für [...]