Pag-IBIG Fund members collectively saved P10.67 billion under the agency’s voluntary Modified Pag-IBIG 2 Savings program in the first five months of the year, setting another record-high despite the ongoing health crisis, top officials of the agency said on Monday (June 21). “We are happy to...
Vista Land introduced the Lumina Homes line of affordable housing communities to help address the country's housing deficit. Eight years since its establishment, and despite the current pandemic, Lumina Homes is relentless in its commitment to provide every Filipino family a home to call their own...
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation is planning to set up foodsheds in different locations in the country to provide a livelihood to communities. As a start, BPI Foundation has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines and the Bank of the Philippine Islands...
The Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST PCIEERD) has extended P43 million worth of research and development grants to 14 startup firms. (DOST PCIEERD) DOST-PCIEERD Executive Director Dr. Enrico...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Senators have pressed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to extend its deadline and streamline the processes for the registration of coconut farmers. The Senate agriculture committee on Thursday, June 10, inquired on the status of the country's coconut farmers' registry. The creation of the...
Notwithstanding the emergency nature of the release of fundings, over P242 million granted by government to finance Marawi rehabilitation and Bayanihan 2 programs was returned to the national treasury due to failure of the National Meat Inspection Service to implement listed projects. Making...
Pag-IBIG Fund achieved milestones in the first four months of the year as members availed of its voluntary savings program and housing loan program in record numbers despite the ongoing health crisis, top officials of the agency said on Friday (June 04). From January to April, members’ savings...
Senator Leila de Lima questioned on Saturday, June 5, the move of the House of Representatives to include a P54.6-billion allocation for pension and gratuity fund of uniformed personnel in the proposed Bayanihan 3 law. Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima, chairperson of the Senate social...
Groups of coconut farmers fear another scam might happen in the process of the Philippine government’s implementation of the Coco Levy Act, the law that should pave the way for the release of the P100 billion worth of funds and assets collected through the infamous coco levy fund scam more than...
Filipino farmers may just be able to recover their losses from infestation and natural calamities under a P1-billion insurance fund intended for Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) beneficiaries. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The DAR and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation...
OF FORUM Jun Concepcion If not for more foreign loans, where else can the government turn to for huge funds needed in its fight against COVID-19 and to mend the country’s battered economy? Unknown to many, overseas Filipinos (OFs) hold a strategically vital key. How so? Fairly simple, easy –...
