Phl, Japan trade infra projects notes
The exchange of notes further cements Japan’s status as the country’s top provider of Official Development Assistance for decades, and a vital partner in achieving development goals
The Embassy of Japan, led by Ambassador Koji Haneda, has firmed up its support for two major Philippine infrastructure projects, agriculture development, scholarships and needed health equipment by exchanging diplomatic notes with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
The diplomatic notes covers the following: Cebu-Mactan Bridge (4th Bridge) and Coastal Road Construction Project. With an estimated total cost of JPY119.225 billion, it involves among others, the construction of a 3.3-kilometer bridge with a 3.385-km. elevated viaduct of two lanes per direction, and a 4.9-km. four-lane coastal road with a 4.751- km. viaduct. Davao City Bypass Construction Project II. To divert traffic away from Davao City center, the construction of a 45.2-km. road, together with tunnels and other associated infrastructure will be done. It costs JPY34.830 billion. Non-Project Grant Aid for the Economic and Social Development
Program of DoH. Japan is extending up to JPY2 billion in grant aid to provide five CT scan machines, five X-ray machines, one MRI system, 10 hemodialysis machines, and four infectious disease surveillance sites to the Department of Health. These equipment are seen to support the department’s response to COVID-19 and other health emergencies. Non-Project Grant Agreement on the Economic and Social Development Program for the Sugar Regulatory Administration. Amounting to JPY800 million, the project is a follow-up of the 2001 grant aid farm mechanization program supported by the Sugar-Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund. It will fund, among others, 94 units each of tractors, harrows, whole stalk sugarcane planter and munchers.
Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship for 2021. A long-standing Japan’s scholarship program, the project supports two-year Master’s and Doctorate courses at prominent Japanese universities for young officials in the Philippine civil service seen as potentially assuming key leadership roles.
The exchange of notes further cements Japan’s status as the country’s top provider of Official Development Assistance for decades, and a vital partner in achieving development goals.