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Chargé d’Affaires Mussomeli launch USAID projects in Davao City, signs MOA with Cabinet Secretaries for Environment and Local Government

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli signs an agreement on environmental projects with (above, from left:) Environment Secretary Michael Defensor and Local Government Secretary Angelo Reyes


with Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Antonio S. Samson, S.J., at the inauguration of the USAID-assisted Energy and Clean Air Project’s area office in the university during his June 9 visit to Mindanao’s prime city.
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli signs an agreement on environmental projects with (above, from left:) Environment Secretary Michael Defensor and Local Government Secretary Angelo Reyes, and cuts the ceremonial ribbon (left photo) with Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Antonio S. Samson, S.J., at the inauguration of the USAID-assisted Energy and Clean Air Project’s area office in the university during his June 9 visit to Mindanao’s prime city.


Both the U.S. and the Philippines honor the eagle as a national symbol, said the Chargé in his remarks at the Ateneo de Davao University, and both believe that the fate of the endangered bird, the health of the environment and the quality of a nation’s life are “inextricably linked.” (Clockwise from right:) The Chargé visits the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao; tours an Ateneo de Davao building that was constructed with USAID assistance, and delivers his remarks at the inauguration of the Energy and Clean Air project’s Davao area office in the university.
Both the U.S. and the Philippines honor the eagle as a national symbol, said the Chargé in his remarks at the Ateneo de Davao University, and both believe that the fate of the endangered bird, the health of the environment and the quality of a nation’s life are “inextricably linked.”

The Chargé visits the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao; tours an Ateneo de Davao building that was constructed with USAID assistance, and delivers his remarks at the inauguration of the Energy and Clean Air project’s Davao area office in the university. The Chargé visits the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao; tours an Ateneo de Davao building that was constructed with USAID assistance, and delivers his remarks at the inauguration of the Energy and Clean Air project’s Davao area office in the university.


“The U.S. government is honored to have supported activities to conserve the Philippine environment for two decades now,” Chargé Mussomeli remarked during the signing of the USAID-DENR-DILG memorandum of agreement on USAID’s environment programs in Mindanao and EcoGov Project Phase 2. “Over the years we have shifted our emphasis towards helping local governments and communities become more active managers of their environment.” He noted that the EcoGov2 project forms the “largest part” of the nearly $8 million annual budget for environment projects in the Philippines. (Bottom right:) Environment Secretary Defensor and Local Government Secretary Reyes deliver their remarks.
“The U.S. government is honored to have supported activities to conserve the Philippine environment for two decades now,” Chargé Mussomeli remarked during the signing of the USAID-DENR-DILG memorandum of agreement on USAID’s environment programs in Mindanao and EcoGov Project Phase 2. “Over the years we have shifted our emphasis towards helping local governments and communities become more active managers of their environment.” He noted that the EcoGov2 project forms the “largest part” of the nearly $8 million annual budget for environment projects in the Philippines. (Bottom right:) Environment Secretary Defensor and Local Government Secretary Reyes deliver their remarks.

Chargé Mussomeli remarked during the signing of the USAID-DENR-DILG memorandum of agreement on USAID’s environment programs

Environment Secretary Defensor and Local Government Secretary Reyes deliver their remarks.
Environment Secretary Defensor and Local Government Secretary Reyes deliver their remarks.


Chargé Mussomeli and Environment Secretary Defensor answer questions from Mindanao journalists following the signing of the memorandum of agreement.

Chargé Mussomeli and Environment Secretary Defensor answer questions from Mindanao journalists following the signing of the memorandum of agreement.
Chargé Mussomeli and Environment Secretary Defensor answer questions from Mindanao journalists following the signing of the memorandum of agreement.

Chargé Mussomeli and Environment Secretary Defensor answer questions from Mindanao journalists following the signing of the memorandum of agreement.   Chargé Mussomeli and Environment Secretary Defensor answer questions from Mindanao journalists following the signing of the memorandum of agreement.


The visit to Davao also gave the Chargé and his daughter Alexis the opportunity to visit the Philippine Eagle Center and the Malagos Garden Resort, and to shop for Mindanao’s popular batik cloths.
The visit to Davao also gave the Chargé and his daughter Alexis the opportunity to visit the Philippine Eagle Center and the Malagos Garden Resort, and to shop for Mindanao’s popular batik cloths.

The visit to Davao also gave the Chargé and his daughter Alexis the opportunity to visit the Philippine Eagle Center and the Malagos Garden Resort, and to shop for Mindanao’s popular batik cloths.
The visit to Davao also gave the Chargé and his daughter Alexis the opportunity to visit the Philippine Eagle Center and the Malagos Garden Resort, and to shop for Mindanao’s popular batik cloths.

  The visit to Davao also gave the Chargé and his daughter Alexis the opportunity to visit the Philippine Eagle Center and the Malagos Garden Resort, and to shop for Mindanao’s popular batik cloths.

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