A regional health stockpile and joint procurement system are among the Philippines' proposals to strengthen healthcare cooperation across the Western Pacific.
More than PHP2 billion in USDA funding support has been welcomed by the Philippine Department of Agriculture as assistance for developing the country's purple yam industry.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has provided over PHP25 million in transitory support to families of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program in Western Visayas.
The installation of a solar energy system at the church-based credit cooperative in Bulacan could be their first step toward the switch to renewable energy.