by Info - @Brand Zone | September 13, 2025
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by Info @Brand Zone | September 8, 2025
Manila — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday hosted the 2025 Charity Summit, underscoring the agency’s strong performance in delivering healthcare and charity services nationwide while reinforcing partnerships to expand its reach.
Attended by more than 250 stakeholders from the national government, non-government organization, civic groups, and beneficiaries, the Charity Summit 2025, with the theme “Serving More Through Greater Collaboration,” highlighted PCSO’s accomplishments and beneficiaries served, as well as its upcoming programs designed to reach underserved and last-mile communities.
PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles shared the agency’s major milestones, including the ₱7.97 billion worth of medical assistance extended since 2022, benefitting nearly one million patients nationwide. “These numbers represent lives saved, families given hope, and communities better served,” Robles said. “Every patient we help, every hospital we support, and every patient transport vehicle we turn over brings us closer to a healthier and more compassionate Philippines.”
Robles also reported that PCSO’s Medical Transport Vehicle Donation Program has already distributed 1,297 Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) across all regions, and is close to its target of providing 1,724 PTVs by year's end, covering the whole country.
The agency likewise emphasized the impact of its Institutional Partnership Program, which since 2022 has released ₱68.28 million to 122 institutions caring for children, orphans, indigent patients, and persons with special needs.
Under its Medical Equipment Donation Program, PCSO has delivered ₱103 million worth of medical equipment to 14 hospitals since 2022. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, nearly ₱22 million worth of equipment was turned over to hospitals, strengthening their capacity to serve patients in need.
PCSO Chairperson Judge Felix P. Reyes (Ret.) shared that the true strength of charity lies in collaboration — when government, civil society, and the private sector work hand in hand. “The true power of charity lives not on individual acts but in the synergy of many working together – whether you are from government, civil society, or the private sector. PCSO has long stood as a pillar of public service, and we know that our impact is magnified when we listen,” Chairperson Reyes said.
Looking ahead, PCSO will continue strengthening its efforts by working with government hospitals through its Medical Equipment Program, extending care through mobile dental clinic units, and supporting last-mile and island communities with sea patient transport vehicles.
These initiatives reflect the agency’s continuing response to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to strengthen and modernize the healthcare system.
PCSO also underscored the importance of building stronger partnerships with NGOs and community organizations to ensure that more programs can be realized and more Filipinos can be reached.
The summit brought together partners from government, civil society, and the private sector in a shared commitment to expand access to healthcare and charity services for Filipinos.
More than just an occasion to present accomplishments, it became a call to strengthen collaboration and deepen the impact of every program.
“As we gather here in this summit, let us take home three important truths: first, that
collaboration makes our mission possible; second, that every program is not just about numbers, but about lives and families touched; and third, that together, we can and we will serve more Filipinos in greater and more meaningful ways,” Robles said.
by Info @Brand Zone | September 8, 2025
Pag-IBIG Fund’s Expanded 4PH Online Sign-Up Facility is a mobile-optimized platform that allows members to browse available socialized housing projects, view unit photos, compute estimated monthly payments and monitor their registration status in real time.
Over 25,000 Filipino workers have signed up to express interest in purchasing socialized housing units through the Pag-IBIG Housing Loan under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, just three months after Pag-IBIG Fund rolled out its 4PH Online Registration system in June 2025, officials announced Friday, Sept. 5.
This early success reflects strong demand and high interest among Filipino workers in securing affordable homeownership through the Marcos administration’s flagship housing initiative.
The Expanded 4PH Program, which now includes house-and-lot units in subdivision developments in addition to previously available vertical condominium projects, currently features socialized housing developments in key areas such as Caloocan City, Cavite, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Pampanga, Ilocos Norte, Bacolod, Zamboanga, and Davao. With more projects underway, even more Filipino workers are expected to benefit in the coming months.
“The high number of registrants in such a short span of time clearly reflects the need of Filipino workers and their families for affordable homeownership,” said Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Ramon P. Aliling, who also chairs the Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees.
“This user-friendly, transparent, and corruption-free digital solution under the Expanded 4PH Program allows us to bring homeownership within reach. The tool also helps us match the growing demand with the available housing inventory, and eventually with the more than 251,000 socialized housing units committed by the private sector. This forms part of our many efforts to move us closer in fulfilling President Marcos’ vision of providing Filipino families with safe, decent, and secure homes under a Bagong Pilipinas,” Aliling said.
Pag-IBIG Fund’s Expanded 4PH Online Sign-Up Facility is a mobile-optimized platform that allows members to browse available socialized housing projects, view unit photos, compute estimated monthly payments, and monitor their registration status in real time. Once a member registers through the system, Pag-IBIG Fund conducts a preliminary assessment based on membership status, income, and other eligibility criteria. The registrant’s information is then transmitted to the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) for further validation. After completing eligibility checks, the potential homebuyer's details are endorsed to the partner developer of the selected project to facilitate the housing loan and home purchase process.
“We developed this online registration system with our members' convenience in mind. It now allows them to easily explore housing options and indicate their interest, so we can reach out and assist them in completing their application. This further supports Secretary Aliling's push for full digitalization in the housing sector, a key component of his 8-Point Agenda,” said Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer Marilene C. Acosta. “At Pag-IBIG Fund, we have always embraced digital transformation as a means of making our services better and more responsive to our members’ needs. Through this facility, first-time homebuyers can now begin their journey to homeownership with just a few clicks.”
Acosta also urged eligible members to take advantage of Pag-IBIG Fund’s ongoing Early Bird Promo, which offers a special 3% subsidized housing loan rate fixed for 10 years for the first 30,000 qualified borrowers under the Pag-IBIG Housing Loan for the Expanded 4PH.
Under the Pag-IBIG Housing Loan for the Expanded 4PH, qualified members may avail of loans with a subsidized interest rate to finance the purchase of house-and-lot units priced up to ₱850,000, or condominium units up to ₱1.8 million. Pag-IBIG Acquired Assets that fall within the same price ceilings may also be purchased through the loan.
Interested members may register through the Expanded 4PH Online Sign-Up Facility at https://www.pagibigfundservices.com/MagpalistaSa4PH/.
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