State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P4-billion credit assistance to the city government of Cabuyao to finance key public infrastructure projects in the first-class component city of Laguna, a top official said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Michael O. de Jesus said the loan was approved under the Bank’s Assistance for Economic and Social Development …

Alternergy Holdings Corp. secured another local to finance the construction of its renewable energy projects, which are aligned with the government’s goals of increasing green energy supply in the country. The company obtained a P2-billion green corporate loan from BDO Unibank Inc., with BDCO Capital & Investment Corp. as the mandated lead arranger for the transaction. Prior to the said …

The growing reach of SM malls nationwide provides a venue for growth for many small and medium enterprises and communities. The opening of SM City Caloocan, SM’s 86th mall, will better connect surrounding urban and rural communities, sharing borders with Quezon City, Valenzuela, and the cities of Marilao, Meycauayan, and San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan. “SM malls are venues …

The annual Stock Market Investor Profile report of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) showed a total of 1,906,019 stock market accounts as of end-2023, higher by 11.3 percent or 193,285 accounts from 1,712,734 accounts in 2022. The growth was mainly due to new accounts opened through the GStocksPH platform, which also pushed the share of online accounts to 80.0 …

Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto is upbeat on the Philippines’ bright economic outlook supported by a more open and liberalized investment policy landscape, which is part of the government’s growth-enhancing strategies aimed at lifting 14 million Filipinos out of poverty by 2028 and achieving inclusive growth. “Our growth-enhancing initiatives are meant not only to create an economy that is ready …

Big-ticket investments approved under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act has already reached more than P1 trillion as of April this year. In a Facebook post on Friday, the Department of Finance (DOF) said these big-ticket projects are expected to generate 142,294 new jobs for Filipinos. The DOF said the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has …

By Rose de la Cruz Indigenous People (or our katutubo) are usually those who live in the hinterlands– far from everyone’s reach– such that they are excluded from our technology, our (foreign-acquired) culture and tastes, our churches and schools and from everything else. As such, they do not enjoy what we consider basic necessities because theirs is far from basic– …

The Department of Agriculture through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) is hosting on June 6, 2024 the Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) Program Kick-Off, National Awarding Ceremony 2023, and Business Development Services on June 6, 2024, at the Rice Biotechnology Center (CBC), PhilRice, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. The event is the culmination of a ladderized competition from the provincial to …

An agency under the NEDA– the Public Private Partnership Center– and the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) completed a two-day hybrid workshop entitled “Integrating Climate Change Considerations and Disaster Risk Resilience in PPP Projects” last May 27 and 28 at the Center’s Board room and via Zoom. The objective of the activity is to foster understanding and assist national and …

Award-Winning Financial Literacy Programme Cha-Ching Reaches One Million Students Nationwide Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm in Asia and Africa of Prudential plc, Pru Life UK’s parent company, in partnership with Junior Achievement Philippines, celebrated one million students nationwide who have been taught basic money management skills through the financial literacy programme Cha-Ching. Beneficiaries and co-advocates joined the milestone event …