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==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
*'''USAID, ADB partner on $7-billion clean energy technical assistance program'''
*'''PH 2nd fastest-rising bond market in EAsia'''
*Wednesday, June 19, 2019
*Thursday June 20, 2019


:PRIVATE-sector firms in the Philippines and other countries in the Asia and the Pacific region can access a new technical assistance support for clean energy investments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
:Business expansion in both government and corporate securities in the Philippines enabled the local bond market to become the second fastest-growing in emerging East Asia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.


:In a briefing on Tuesday, the ADB said the agreement aims to mobilize $7 billion in technical assistance, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, in the next five years ........... [https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/06/19/usaid-adb-partner-on-7-billion-clean-energy-technical-assistance-program/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
:In its latest Asia Bond Monitor released on Wednesday, ADB said the country’s currency bond market grew by 17 percent to P6.5 billion ($125.4 million) in the first quarter of the year from P5.5 billion ($107 billion) in the same quarter of 2018 ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/ph-2nd-fastest-rising-bond-market-in-easia/572193/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]


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*'''OFW remittances hit $10.8B in Jan-April'''
*'''USAID, ADB partner on $7-billion clean energy technical assistance program'''
*Tuesday, June 18, 2019
*Wednesday, June 19, 2019


:MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $10.811 billion in the first four months of 2019, a 3.7-percent increase from $10.426 billion in the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
:PRIVATE-sector firms in the Philippines and other countries in the Asia and the Pacific region can access a new technical assistance support for clean energy investments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).


:For April alone, personal remittances totaled $2.713 billion, up 3.7 percent from $2.616 billion in the same month in 2018, but down 2.9 percent from $2.796 billion in March this year ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/ofw-remittances-hit-10-8b-in-jan-april/571040/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
:In a briefing on Tuesday, the ADB said the agreement aims to mobilize $7 billion in technical assistance, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, in the next five years ........... [https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/06/19/usaid-adb-partner-on-7-billion-clean-energy-technical-assistance-program/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]


==Independent Philippine Cities==
==Independent Philippine Cities==
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