Development partners vow to mobilize funds for PH climate change mitigation
Development partners reaffirmed their commitment to mobilizing financial resources for investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation to confront the ...
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PBBM briefs WB execs on development priorities
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presented to the World Bank Group his administration’s priorities aimed at bringing progress and development to ...
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IFC subscribing to $100-m worth of BDO’s Blue Bond
International Finance Corp., a member of the World Bank Group, said Friday its subscription of up to $100 million in ...
Read moreIFC subscribes to $150-million worth of UnionBank bonds
International Finance Corp., a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $150 million (roughly P7.5 billion) in a seven-year ...
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PH included in WB’s building program
The World Bank Group through International Finance Corp. committed to support the Philippine construction sector under the Building Resilience Index. ...
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Pandemic threatens lives of millions of children — UN
Disruptions to health services due to the pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at risk worldwide, the United Nations ...
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Voyager gets $120M pledge from 5 groups
Voyager Innovations, the company behind cashless payments platform PayMaya, received a new funding commitment of $120 million from PLDT Inc. ...
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Malayan Insurance launches We Women program for Filipinas
Malayan Insurance Company Inc. has launched a program that aims to increase Filipino women's access to risk mitigation and financial ...
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WB backs proposal to cut overhead costs
World Bank Group president David Malpass backed a proposal by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III for multilateral lenders to closely ...
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Reforms sought to ease conduct of business
Since the Philippines finished 2015 with a dismal record of 99th at the bottom of 190 countries surveyed by the World ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.