Pag-IBIG Fund has entered into an investment partnership with P.A. Alvarez Properties and Development Corporation (PAAPDC) to accelerate the construction of more than 7,300 affordable homes across 10 housing developments in Batangas, Laguna and Pampanga under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr....
BTS member Jimin 's shirt worn during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Topps Final Halftime Show sold for $110,000, tying for the highest-priced item at a charity auction benefiting children 's education. The shirt matched the winning bid for a game-used ball from the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. highlighted the gains achieved by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and Pag-IBIG Fund under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program during his 2026 State of the Nation Address, reporting that more than 500,000 homes have...
ROME (AP) — Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs, the head of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development warned, as a new United Nations report showed global progress...
Domestic banks and e-wallets should expand their product offerings and reduce their reliance on digital transaction fees as a key revenue source, according to a senior official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). This comes on the heels of the BSP’s move to summon non-compliant financial...
State-run Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC)—which is targeting ₱25 billion in capital deployment this year—said it is performing in line with its mandate despite being one of the world’s youngest sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). This comes on the back of the recently published IE University...
Pag-IBIG Fund home loan releases posted double digit growth in the first half of 2026, with socialized housing financing more than doubling under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s flagship Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program (Expanded 4PH). Department of Human Settlements and...
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...
