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Climate Change Commission Secretary Robert Borje Meets Asian Forest Cooperation Organization Executive Director Ricardo Calderon, April 26, 2022
Highlighting the importance of forests in green development and the global climate fight, Climate Change Commission Secretary Robert E. A. Borje meets Asian Forest Cooperation Organization Executive Director Ricardo Calderon at the organization’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, April 26, 2022. Secretary Borje reiterated the importance of partnerships to unlock resources for vulnerable developing nations like the Philippines. Secretary Borje cited the value of further strengthening cooperation with international organisations such as AFoCo to build not only capacities but create lasting impacts on climate change mitigation and protecting biodiversity through forest management. During the meeting, AFoCO through the Executive Director committed to work closely with the CCC on advancing forest management and capacity building projects in the Philippines. AFoCO is a treaty-based intergovernmental organization that promotes cooperation towards achieving the shared Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and regional and global forestry objectives. Secretary Borje was joined in the meeting by Philippine Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega. KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday signed into law two new bills aimed at attaining a strong, responsive, and efficient bureaucracy, and establishing safeguards for the financial rights and welfare of Filipinos.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. administered the oath of newly appointed Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Friday evening, officially welcoming him to his Cabinet.
A total of 64,241 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon were spared by the government from paying over PhP3 billion in mortgages following the signing of the Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROM) on Friday.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration and turnover of the Php71-million Rice Processing System II (RPS II) in Piddig, Ilocos Norte.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration of the Sulvec Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte.
The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has allotted nearly PhP2 billion for the development and construction of Cordillera Region’s major infrastructures.
The government is undertaking more key infrastructure projects across the Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan (Mimaropa) region to boost its economy, according to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Despite the inclement weather, the Office of the President was able to hand over PhP262.453 million in financial assistance, services, loans and subsidy to farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Romblon, Oriental Mindoro, and Occidental Mindoro.
Farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Palawan and Marinduque received a total of PhP952.660 million in financial assistance, services, loan assistance, and subsidies from the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
