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The Maharlika Wealth Fund is a sovereign wealth fund for the Philippines, established by Republic Act No. 11954 in 2023. It is managed by the Maharlika Investment Corporation and aims to support the government's economic goals and development plans.
Pag-IBIG Fund is a government-owned corporation that administers the savings program and affordable housing financing for Filipinos. It covers all Filipino citizens who are or ought to be covered by the Social Security System, and offers various benefits and loans to its members.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. This year is largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic that caused of the national economic recession and continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 21, 2023.
Bayanihan 2, or Republic Act No. 11494, is a law enacted in September 2020 that grants the President additional authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. It provides funds for economic stimulus, health sector support and pandemic responses, but was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for imposing new taxes on POGOs.
Karl Kendrick Chua is a Filipino economist who served as the NEDA director-general and socioeconomic planning secretary under the Duterte administration from 2021 to 2022. He was a former World Bank senior economist and a key advocate of tax reforms and COVID-19 recovery measures.
Art Fund is an independent membership-based British charity that raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It also sponsors the Museum of the Year award and organises national fundraising campaigns to save significant works of art from being lost from public view.
Lazada is an online shopping platform that operates in six Southeast Asian countries, except Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei and East Timor. It was founded in 2012 by Maximilian Bittner and acquired by Alibaba Group in 2016, and has faced challenges and controversies in its business expansion and retrenchment.
Prior to the 1990s, there were several short-lived ferry operators that provided passenger services along the Pasig River. According to the Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study (MMUTIS) conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in March 1999, there was a ferry service that used to operate between the districts of Santa Cruz and Santa Ana in Manila from 1969 ...