Pag-IBIG SAFE loan: How much can a member borrow?

06/17/2026

MANILA – The Pag-IBIG Fund recently announced the rollout of the SAFE (Special Assistance for Financial Emergencies) Loan program to provide timely and practical relief to Filipino workers. The emergency cash facility allows qualified members to manage rising…

Pag-IBIG SAFE loan offered to  provide relief to members

Ma. Teresa Montemayor 06/17/2026

MANILA – The Pag-IBIG Fund announced on Tuesday the rollout of the SAFE (Special Assistance for Financial Emergencies) Loan program in line with directives from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to provide timely and practical relief to Filipino…

DTI offers loans for OFWs, MSMEs to cushion Middle East crisis impact

Mary Judaline Partlow - Phiippine News Agency 04/15/2026

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental is now offering two loan windows for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to cushion the impact of the…

PH targets fresh loan of $2.4 billion from Japan this year

Logan Kal-El M. Zapanta - @inquirerdotnet 02/22/2026

The Philippines is targeting to seal 11 new loan agreements worth $2.41 billion under Japan’s fiscal year 2026, Finance Secretary Frederick Go said.…

Cebu earthquake: GSIS partners with LGUs to aid victims

Wilnard Bacelonia 10/02/2025

MANILA – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) on Thursday assured its members and pensioners in Cebu that assistance will be made available following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the province and caused structural damage and disruption…

Marcos: SSS salary, calamity loan interest rates cut to 7-8%

Luisa Cabato - @inquirerdotnet 05/01/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Thursday that starting in July, the interest rates for the Social Security System’s (SSS) salary and calamity loans would be reduced. READ: SSS: Contribution, monthly salary credit hike…

Pag-IBIG short-term loan: Eligibility now just 12 months

Pia Piquero 03/22/2025

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Pag-IBIG Fund members will soon have faster and easier access to short-term loans, following a policy change that shortens the eligibility period for loan applications from 24 months to just 12 months…

SSS plans to impose interest rate cuts for salary, calamity loans

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 02/16/2025

The Social Security System (SSS) is planning to cut within the year the interest rate on salary and calamity loans, according to SSS president and CEO Robert Joseph De Claro. In a statement on Saturday, the state-run pension fund…

DepEd to give teachers P5K cash aid on 1st day of classes

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 08/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) will be giving public school teachers P5,000 each as financial assistance to help them prepare for the school year. The funds will be given to teachers on Monday, August…

SEC shutters five more online lending firms

Doris Dumlao-Abadilla 02/09/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered the immediate shutdown of five online lending operators that are offering loans to the public without any authority or even corporate vehicle to do so. In an order issued…

Damaged resorts in Cebu Province may get loans from gov’t banks

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Resorts in Cebu Province that sustained damages from Typhoon Odette will have a chance to rebuild again. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said that the Capitol is in negotiations with the Landbank of the Philippines…

Cebu Province is now debt-free proclaims Gwen

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With no existing loans or financial obligations from any institution, and with surging assets and increasing income, you can’t really blame Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to feel extra proud these days. Garcia announced…

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