Music Room, Malacañang
4 May 2012

President Benigno S. Aquino III welcomed in Malacanang Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hiroshi Watanabe. With him were JBIC Manila Chief Representive Sumio Ishikawa, JBIC Adviser for Tokyo Corporate Planning Department Seigo Baba. For the Philippine side, present were Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Budget and Management Secretary Butch Abad, National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.

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