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                    [Title] => Phl eyes P7-B loan from Japan
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The Philippines is eyeing a P7-billion loan from Japan to acquire 10 “multi-role response vessels (MRRVs)” to upgrade the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) monitoring capability in the country’s territorial waters.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369593 [Title] => Squabbles delay Pasig River rehab — Neri [Summary] => The squabbles among the proponents of the Pasig River project have been causing the delay in the river’s planned rehabilitation, the country’s top economic planner said.

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo L. Neri said two ranking government officials have been fighting over the river’s embankment, which has pushed back the project’s timetable by at least six months

An embankment is a long artificial mound of stone or earth built to hold back water or to support a road as protection.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 368003 [Title] => Pasig-Marikina River clean-up hits snag [Summary] => Flooding in the Pasig-Marikina River is expected to continue after the government admitted that the river’s clean-up drive has hit some problems.

The Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP), which aims to mitigate the frequent inundation or massive flooding caused by the overflowing of the river, has not been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

"There are still issues with the project," NEDA director general Romulo L. Neri said in an interview. He, however, refused to elaborate on the matter.
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