Pag-IBIG Fund financed over 17,000 socialized homes for low-income earners in the last ten months, a figure that grew by almost 50% from the previous year even amid the ongoing pandemic, top executives said on Monday (November 21). From January to October, the number of socialized housing units...
Pag-IBIG Fund launched another housing project under its Countryside Housing Initiative, this time in partnership with Muntinlupa City, to provide affordable homes to employees of the local government unit. The BALAI Munti Housing Project, which consists of 35 medium-rise buildings providing 668...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has distributed farm machines worth P439.8 million in Leyte, benefitting 131 qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities of the province. The P439.8-million worth of...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) vice presidential candidate Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded President Duterte for fulfilling his campaign promise to return the coconut levy fund to the nation’s coconut farmers. Go, during a meeting by the Joint National and...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Tuesday released its preliminary report on its investigation on the alleged anomalies in the government’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic funds and recommended that charges be filed against a former state economic adviser, Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has P300 million left under its Quick Response Fund (QRF) that could be used to assist farmers and fishermen that were affected by Typhoon Maring. 38281 “QRF allocation will be based on the damage report. Our remaining budget for QRF is at P300 million,” said...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) is now investigating fraudulent activities that have been taking place in the distribution of farm equipment funded by the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). In a briefing, PHilMech Executive Director Baldwin...
Three years since the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), the government agency tasked to mechanize the local rice sector, has only spent merely 6 percent of its total allocation under the Rice...
The fund management firm of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Philippines) unveiled a unit investment trust fund (UITF) that seeks to preserve capital and generate income by investing in fixed income securities and deposits. In a statement, Manulife Investment Management Philippines (Manulife...
Pag-IBIG Fund posted record-highs anew for the period January to August 2021 as members availed of its housing loan program and voluntary savings program in record numbers amid the pandemic, top officials of the agency announced during its Virtual Stakeholders’ Accomplishment Report held online,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have committed to strengthen partnership in addressing gender and development issues in the country. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the P6 billion market debut of AllDay Marts, Inc. and the P18- billion bond offering of Petron Corporation. 34600 In its meeting last September 23, the Commission En Banc resolved to render effective the registration statements of AllDay...
