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Sen. Loren Legarda filed a bill seeking to create the Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD), which aims to address the country’s housing needs and other related issues through an efficient and holistic national shelter program. 

A new World Bank report has highlighted the need for Pacific Island countries to better incorporate climate and disaster-risk management into their planning and development, while proposing priority investments and policies to boost resilience until 2040. 

A bill filed by Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson seeks to help Filipinos benefit from sustainable development by establishing a Land Administration Authority (LAA) that unifies the government’s land administration functions. 

The Negros Oriental Tourism Council (NOTC) recently passed a resolution for the conservation and preservation of historical structures in the province in line with with Republic Act 10066, or National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009. 

The Departments of Finance (DOF) and of Budget and Management (DBM) are teaming up with the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) on finding ways to accelerate the implementation of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects by cutting from an average time of 29 months to fewer than 20 months the time for proponents to actually start their infrastructure projects. 

The Australia-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce (ANZCHAM) and the Joint Foreign Chambers have urged the Duterte administration to complete major infrastructure projects that would help solve traffic congestion. With more than 24 million people, Metro Manila is the fourth-largest urban area in the world, and its physical structures can barely cope. The business groups called for the completion of major …

Vice President Robredo recently emphasized the importance of secondary cities as vital contributors to national wealth and productivity. 

The Home Development Mutual Fund, also known as Pag-IBIG Fund, collected P9.1 billion from housing loan amortizations during the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 5-percent or about P400 Million from the amount collected in same period in 2015, it was learned recently. 

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. is pushing anew for the passage of his proposal to institutionalize and strengthen public-private partnerships to encourage more private sector participation in the government’s public infrastructure and development projects. 

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) congratulated the Philippines under the new leadership of President Duterte and Vice President Robredo, as it looks forward to further strengthening its development cooperation in the country.