Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) President and CEO Rafael Jose Consing Jr. has submitted his courtesy resignation, along with the firm’s board of directors, which comes amid the newly formed firm’s planned investment rollout. “I have submitted my unqualified courtesy resignation,” told...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is eyeing the repair and rehabilitation of the Maharlika Livelihood Complex (MLC), which is adjacent to the city 's public market, to provide convenience to both tenants and the public. “It has long been a center of commerce and interaction, (and) we...
State-backed Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) will provide strong support, including a prospective recommendation to President Marcos, for a 25-year extension of the concession agreement for system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), allowing it to continue managing...
As sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) abroad also eye the Philippines ' mining sector, Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) is stepping up to serve as a vehicle for co-investments. MIC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rafael D. Consing Jr. told Manila Bulletin last May 8 that an SWF "near...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be locking horns with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to resolve the “ mismatch ” in the country’s transmission development game plan, to ensure that the grid actually delivers where the capacities are needed....
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is aiming to complete by July 2025 the full connection of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) to the Maharlika Highway in Nueva Ecija through the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) Phase I. DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said...
State-backed Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) is muscling up its energy game, as it just recently brought in former National Power Corporation (NPC) President Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta Rita in its executive team as Vice President of Investment Management Group, a strategic hire that could help beef...
Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), which manages the Philippines ' first sovereign wealth fund, is eyeing at least three new investments before the year ends, aiming to bring total capital commitments to as much as ₱37 billion just two years into its establishment. In a telephone interview on...
Caritas Philippines president Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo (CBCP) Caritas Philippines, the Catholic Church’s social action arm, has expressed concerns over the Maharlika Investment Corporation's (MIC) decision to provide a $76.4 million bridge loan to Makilala Mining Company Inc., a local affiliate...
Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC), which manages the Philippines’ sovereign wealth fund, is set to provide a bridge loan facility worth $76.4 million to Makilala Mining Co. Inc. (MMCI), the Philippine affiliate of Australia-based Celsius Resources Ltd. In a disclosure to the Australian...
State-owned Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) has inked an agreement with Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd. (CP Group), aiming to raise up to $1 billion or about ₱58.03 billion. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on Saturday, Feb. 8, the MIC and CP Group...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (left); President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (PPAB, Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is doubtful that Marcos government's deal with privately-owned transmission company...