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ADB sells record $5 billion 5-year global benchmark bond
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 9 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a five billion dollars five-year global bond proceeds of which will be part of ADB's ordinary capital resources.
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Philippines threatens to expel Chinese official over South China Sea row
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 8 (ANI): Philippines has threatened to expel a Chinese diplomatic spokesman in Manila in the latest twist of an intensifying row with the superpower over territory in the South China Sea.
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$484 million ADB loan to upgrade road network in TN industrial corridor
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Apr 8 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 484 million dollars (about Rs 3,533 crore) loan to improve transport connectivity and road maintenance in the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
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Philippines logs 6,414 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 820,000
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,414 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 819,164.
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China plans to further occupy South China Sea 'features': Philippines Defe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 4 (ANI): The Philippines' defence chief Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday said the continued presence of Chinese maritime militias around the Whitsun Reef reveals their intent to further occupy features in the West Philippine Sea.
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Philippines logs 11,028 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 800,000
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Phillippines], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 11,028 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 795,051.
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'I am no fool', says Philippines Defence Secy as Chinese vessels continue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 3 (ANI): Reiterating its demand for the removal of Chinese vessels around Whitsun Reef, the Philippines on Saturday called out Beijing to explain why there are 44 Chinese ships massed in the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun) in the South China Sea.
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Access to climate finance critical for development and recovery: ADB
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 1 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called access to climate finance a key priority for Asia and the Pacific as governments design and implement a green and resilient recovery from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
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Germany, France concerned over presence of Chinese vessels near reef claim
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], March 31 (ANI): Germany and France have joined a number of countries to express concern on the growing tensions between China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea where over 200 Chinese vessels are moored.
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Philippine daily COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000 for 1st time
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], March 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday 10,016 new COVID-19 infections, the highest ever daily tally since the outbreak began in January last year, raising the nationwide count in the Southeast Asian country to 731,894.
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Philippines imposes lockdown over Easter due to surge in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], March 29 (ANI): More than 25 million people in the Philippines, a Catholic majority country, will not be celebrating Easter as normal this year as a strict lockdown has been imposed in the capital and nearby provinces.
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$300 million from GCF to support ADB's first green recovery plan in SE Asi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Mar 27 (ANI): South Korea-based Green Climate Fund (GCF) has allocated 300 million dollars to support Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) efforts to help southeast Asia shape a climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable economic recovery from the coronavirus diseas
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