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Tokyo's envoy to Manila Makoto Katsura (left) exchange Notes with foreign secretary Alberto Romulo. Photo from DFA.

Philippines gets ¥40.847-billion from Japan to fix roads

By Fri, Jan 28, 2011 6:31PM UTC View Comments Tokyo's envoy to Manila Makoto Katsura (left) exchange Notes with foreign secretary Alberto Romulo. Photo from DFA.

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Makoto Katsura on Friday formally sealed the US$491.13-million (¥40.847-billion) assistance package for the Philippines’ Road Upgrading and Preservation Project (RUPP). The Japanese aid package follows assistance the Aquino government signed with the United States and the Asian Development Bank in 2010. “The...

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