Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez (standing, left), on behalf of the Philippine government, and Japan International Cooperation Agency chief representative Eigo Azukizawa, on behalf of the government of Japan, sign the 50-billion-yen (P23.5 billion) COVID-19 Crisis Response Emergency Support Loan at the Department of Finance Building in Manila. The emergency support loan is designed as a co-financing operation complementing the Asian Development Bank’s COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support program alongside prospective loans from other development partners.
