Megawide Construction Corp. and the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) have inked a landmark partnership to fast-track the government’s expanded Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) program.
Some 3.2 million Filipino workers received assistance through Pag-IBIG Fund’s short-term loan (STL) programs from January to October this year, a 28 percent jump from the 2.5 million borrowers recorded in the same period last year, agency officials announced Monday, December 1.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Saturday warned retailers against hoarding essential goods and engaging in profiteering, saying such illegal practices will not be tolerated as global tensions threaten to drive up oil prices and logistics costs.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) launched a major regional development initiative on Thursday, with Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. personally overseeing the distribution of over P65 million in agricultural interventions to local farmers and fisherfolk in this town widely recognized as the “rice granary of Albay.”
The Department of Agriculture has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds—and their products—from Indiana following confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has received the 2026 “Reserve Manager” award from Central Banking, recognizing the Philippine central bank’s improvements in handling the country’s foreign currency reserves.