The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and Pag-IBIG Fund inspected housing projects and turned over house-and-lot units in Tarlac on Wednesday, July 8, marking further progress under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino...
The Philippine government, through the Department of Finance (DOF), has secured a $6.8-million, about ₱417-million, technical assistance grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), boosting the country’s capacity to access and implement climate investments. The approval of the Third Readiness and...
“If you were handed ₱1.26 billion in fresh capital today, where would it first go?” That was the question the Manila Bulletin asked Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), the country’s first sovereign wealth fund manager. Inside the MIC’s boardroom, a capital allocation of ₱1.26 billion is...
The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further lowered its 2026 and 2027 economic growth forecasts for the Philippines on the assessment that the country sustained deeper wounds from the Middle East war. According to the July update of the IMF’s flagship World Economic Outlook...
Heeding President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to make homeownership more accessible to Filipino workers under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program (Expanded 4PH), Pag-IBIG Fund continues to offer more affordable home financing options through its 3 percent subsidized...
Amid recent calamities that have battered the Philippines, the government’s calamity fund shed ₱1.7 billion in June, all of which was allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As of June 30, 2026, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF)...
Violence experienced at home and exclusion encountered in school could have lasting consequences on Filipino adolescents’ education, well-being, as well as future opportunities, according to studies presented by state-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). The...
Out of the 4,000 individuals listed in acknowledgment receipts (ARs) for Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds, why is the House prosecution panel bent on getting the testimony of just one person? Prosecutor-solon Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua provided a simple, but very tactical...
The House prosecution panel has taken it upon itself to list the infamous "Mary Grace Piattos" as a witness in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. According to solon-prosecutor Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, this move was precisely to find out whether or not...
A serious El Niño threat needs an innovative response from the government. That 's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is urging local government units (LGUs) and community organizations to tap the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF). Libanan...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong can 't wait to see the infamous "Mary Grace Piattos" in person. This, as the prosecutors and the entire country for that matter wait in bated breath for the start of Vice President Sara Duterte 's...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program continues to make homeownership more affordable for Filipino workers as Pag-IBIG Fund offers promotional housing loan rates for members buying homes above the socialized housing price ceiling up to P10...
