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All INSPIRE projects, including UST initiatives, terminated by US government

Mar

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All INSPIRE projects, including UST initiatives, terminated by US government

THE US Agency for International Development (USAID) has scrapped funding for all activities under the Philippines’ natural resource projects, including at least two UST initiatives, saying they are “not aligned” with Washington's interests. In a letter to USAID grantees dated Feb. 25, US State Secretary Marco Rubio and acting USAID deputy…

UST ecotourism project eyes UK funding after losing USAID support

Feb

By Ma. Alyanna Selda and Joss Gabriel Oliveros

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UST ecotourism project eyes UK funding after losing USAID support

THE UNIVERSITY’S Siquijor-based ecotourism project will seek British funding after losing financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the entities hit by the Trump administration's government streamlining efforts. Prof. Moises Norman Garcia, a researcher at the UST Research Center for Social Sciences and Education (RCSSED), said his…

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