The World Bank will provide additional financing and grant to increase rural incomes as well as enhance farm and fishery productivity in the targeted areas in the Philippines. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral institution said on Friday, June 18, that it approved $280 million add
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the release of P2.5 billion from his office’s contingency fund to augment the funds needed to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said Saturday.