Provincial News As of end-2019, DBP’s loan portfolio stood at P413.9 billion with about 3.6 percent, or P14.89 billion, accounting for the transportation sector.
country’s mass transportation system to mitigate the impact to the economy of the existing enhanced community quarantine.
The DBP PASADA Financing Program is a special loan financing facility available to corporations and cooperatives registered with the Office of Transportation Cooperatives, participating in the PUVMP and qualified to receive franchises by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) under the Omnibus Franchising Guidelines of the PUVMP.
He said an efficient public transport system remains an important component in shoring up investor confidence as the country gradually recovers from the ill-effects of the pandemic.
“State financing institutions such as DBP would continue to assist public transport operators and cooperatives as they grapple with the challenges of the “new normal” spawned by this Herbosa said there is a need to global pandemic,” Herbosa said. (PIAramp up support to further improve the Surigao del Norte)
Filipina professor to conduct research at U.S. physical sciences lab SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte - A graduate student and faculty member of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) Biological Sciences Department has been chosen to conduct research as a short-term scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Jessica Asuncion will carry out research in the Biomolecular Measurement Division at NIST alongside Dr. Concepcion Remoroza, a Filipina research chemist. NIST is a federal agency within the United States (U.S.) Department of Commerce that promotes innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing
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measurement science and standards to enhance citizens’ quality of life and the bioeconomy. This research scholarship is the result of a 2019 mission trip to the U.S. by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines EducationUSA
