Try GOLD - Free
ADB commits P236-B loans to PH
Manila Bulletin
|December 15, 2025
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) is lining up around $4 billion, or roughly P236 billion, in low-interest official development assistance (ODA) lending for its host country, the Philippines, in 2026, bolstering a strong pipeline of priority national projects.
“We have a robust set of projects... for next year and going on into the future,” ADB country director for the Philippines Andrew Jeffries told reporters on the sidelines of the multilateral lender's International Anticorruption Day 2025 celebration last week.
“We have a pipeline of projects for next year that we need to agree on with the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEP-Dev),” he added.
Among next year's pipeline, Jeffries said, are projects involving “transport, health, education, and public financial management (PFM)—a number of our normal sectors are engaged.”
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Manila Bulletin
Manila Bulletin
Ramadhan: A time for reflection and community
Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
3 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Move with purposeful haste, Marcos urges
President Marcos has urged Filipinos to \"move with purposeful haste,\" matching the Fire Horse's symbolism of courage and forward motion with discipline, hard work, and sound governance.
1 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Malaysia and Japan plan major cross-border carbon capture project, despite climate benefit doubts
Japan wants to ship carbon emissions to Malaysia in a first-of-its-kind project in Southeast Asia for carbon capture and storage, a widely debated process that critics say is more symbolic than effective in curbing climate change.
3 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Illicit funds tied to exploitation
More than half of suspicious money flowing into the Philippines from 2021 to the first half of 2024 was linked to child exploitation, with the United States (US) emerging as the primary source of these illicit funds, according to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
2 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
A grateful heart is a healthy heart
How to keep your heart healthy beyond diet and exercise
2 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Mayor Isko calls for closer PH-China cooperation
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno“ Domagoso called for stronger Manila-Beijing connectivity when he led the countdown to the Chinese New Year in Binondo on Monday night, Feb. 16.
3 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Bulacan seems to be the epicenter of ghost flood control projects - Ombudsman
“The way things are unravelling and unfolding, it seems that Bulacan is really the epicenter of ghost projects.”
2 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Trimester system still a proposal - DepEd
Consultations with stakeholders ongoing
1 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
Flood-control loans face restructuring
The Philippine government is set to cancel part of its loans from the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the long-delayed Metro Manila flood control project and overhaul its implementation plan, as slow disbursement and construction setbacks raise doubts about completing critical infrastructure on time.
3 mins
February 18, 2026
Manila Bulletin
What is a rheumatological disease?
The immune system remains overstimulated and does not calm down even after the infection is resolved.
1 min
February 18, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size