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IFC invests $100 million in CitySavings’ social bond

By Ehda M. Dagooc | June 20, 2024 - 12:00am

To expand financial inclusion and support human capital development in the Philippines, the International Finance Corporation is investing $100 million in a social bond issued by City Savings Bank, Inc., the first...

Freeman Cebu Business

IFC invests $100 million in BDO ‘blue bond’

By Ehda M. Dagooc | May 10, 2022 - 12:00am

The International Finance Corporation has strengthened its support to help tackle marine pollution in the Philippines with subscription of up to $100 million to a Blue Bond to be issued by BDO Unibank, Inc.

Freeman Cebu Business

Backed by IFC, UnionBank to issue Philippines' second social bonds

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | July 23, 2021 - 12:03pm

Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines would sell “social” bonds to finance loans for small companies that...

Business

Who are your (s)heroes in life?

By Rose Fres Fausto | March 13, 2019 - 12:00am

Only 27% of all DC and Marvel characters are female and only 12% of mainstream superhero comics have female protagonists;...

Health And Family

Insular Life invests P1 billion for IFC’s green projects

July 30, 2018 - 12:00am

To help the country combat the effects of global warming, Insular Life, the country’s first and largest Filipino life insurer, recently subscribed to P1 billion worth of green bonds issued by the International...

Business

Mindanao’s unique opportunity for a just and lasting peace

By Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President of World Bank East Asia Pacific | November 10, 2014 - 12:00am

History shows that creating peace is difficult and takes time, especially where poverty and conflict have become routine.

Letters to the Editor

IFC to local firms: ‘Assess the prospects in energy efficiency’

By Carlo S. Lorenciana | November 3, 2014 - 12:00am

The International Finance Corporation has encouraged companies in the Philippines to discover the existing opportunities that energy efficiency and renewable energy projects can give to their businesses.

Freeman Cebu Business

EU's P120-M grant to benefit sugar millers

April 3, 2014 - 5:15pm

The European Union (EU) awarded a P120-million grant to the Philippines for a power efficiency project to benefit sugar ...

Business

Shortage

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | January 7, 2014 - 12:00am

If we manage somehow to reach 2016 without serious power shortages, that will be a stroke of good fortune.

Opinion

Phl on track to hitting global competitiveness ranking targets: official

January 3, 2014 - 8:00pm

The Philippines is well on its way to achieving its goal of moving to the top third of global competitiveness rankings by 2016, a senior government official said today.

Headlines