Month: March 2020

26 March 2020 – Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Joseph del Mar Yap signed today on behalf of Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III the Deeds of Donation with Temasek Foundation for 200 units of COVID-19 diagnostic kits (equivalent to 40,000 tests) and 2 ventilators. Signing for Temasek Foundation is Chief Executive Benedict Cheong. These donations …

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23 March 2020 – Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Joseph del Mar Yap signed today on behalf of Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III the Deed of Donation for the 3,000 COVID-19 Test Kits and 1 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine from Singapore, which is scheduled to arrive in Manila tomorrow, 24 March 2020. Signing on …

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Fitch Ratings has revised the Philippines’ Outlook to Positive from Stable and affirmed its Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’. In its statement dated 11 February 2020, the credit rating agency noted the Philippines’ “continued adherence to a sound macroeconomic policy framework that will support high growth rates with moderate inflation, progress on …

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