LE SPA A cardholder shall get an Aroma Tea Bath Ritual for free after a 90-minute slimming ceremony by Algotherm. VIETURA Sign up for 5 sessions of colonics or IV Nutrition for only P55,000 which also comes with a free oral detox. SOFITEL SUITE ESCAPADE Check into one of the premiere suites for a minimum of two nights stay and enjoy a discounted rate of P14,999 a night. Offer comes with exclusive access for 2 to Club Sofitel, lunch for 2 at Spiral and more. For more information, please call our Customer Care Center at 405-7000.
READ MORESPIRAL BUFFET Pay for 3 buffet lunch and get 1 free. LA VERANDA Enjoy 35% off on your favorite drinks from 6 to 9 PM from Monday to Thursday. SNAPS SPORTS BAR Get 15% discount with a minimum consumption of P2,000 from Sunday to Thursday for lunch and/or dinner. Also enjoy 2 hours of billboards and foosball games. LE BAR Get a glass of sparkling wine to pair with your high tea set from 3 to 5 PM. For more information, you may call our Customer Care Center at 405-7000.
READ MOREBy availing of the Visa - "Priscilla" Promotion, the participants hereby expressly agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the decisions of Visa Worldwide Pte. Limited (Visa). ELIGIBILITY The promotion is open to all principal and supplementary holders of LANDBANK Visa Credit and Debit card ("Cards") ("Cardholders"). PROMOTION MECHANICS AND CONDITIONS 1. Promotional Offers: Offer 1: 10% discount Promo Period: April 1 to July 13, 2014 Promo is valid for all shows of Priscilla from May 9 to July 13, 2014 Per DTI-NCR Permit No. A1-0199 Series of 2014 Offer 2: 50% discount for the May 15, 2014 show Promo Period: April 1 to May 15, 2014 Promo is valid for the May 15 show of Priscilla only Per DTI-NCR Permit No. A1-0200 Series of 2014 Offer 3: Buy 3, Get 1 Free Promo Period: April 1 to April 30, 2014 Promo is valid for all shows of Priscilla from May 9 to July 13, 2014 Free ticket has to be for the same show date and time and has the same value as the paid tickets Per DTI-NCR Permit No. A1-0198 Series of 2014 2. This promotion covers the Manila shows of Priscilla to be held from May 9 to July 13, 2014 at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre at Resorts World Manila. 3. To avail of this Promotion, eligible Cardholders may purchase their "Priscilla" tickets at the following venues: Resorts World Manila Box Office located at the Ground Floor of Newport Mall, Pasay City All TicketWorld Outlets Online via www.ticketworld.com.ph 4. Tickets purchased in this promotion are non-refundable. 5. Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced. 6. Not valid in conjunction with other existing Resorts World Manila promo or other government mandated discount. 7. A principal card account is treated separately from the supplementary card account. Transactions for the principal account will be considered separate from transactions of the supplementary account and vice versa. 8. In case of dispute but not limited to the Card member's eligibility, coverage of dates, fulfillment, etc., Visa's & RWM's decision shall prevail. TICKET PRICES Patron - P3,700 VIP - P3,100 Premier A - P2,400 Balcony Center - P1,600 Balcony Left and Right and Premier B - P1,200 SHOW SCHEDULE Opens on May 9 until July 13, 2014 Friday 8PM Saturday 3PM/8PM Sunday 3PM
READ MOREPRISCILLA, Queen of the Desert The Musical opens on May 9, 2014 until July 13, 2014 at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre at Reports World Manila. LANDBANK Visa cardholders may avail of the following exclusive promo offers whey they use their LANDBANK Visa card to purchase tickets: Offer 1: 10% discount Promo Period: April 1 to July 13, 2014 Valid for all shows from May 9 to July 13, 2014 Offer 2: 50% discount Promo Period: April 1 to May 15, 2014 Valid for the May 15, 2014 show date only Offer 3: Buy 3, Get 1 Free Promo Period: April 1 to April 30, 2014 Valid for all shows from May 9 to July 13, 2014 Free ticket has to be the same show date and time and has the same value as the paid tickets Ticket prices are as follows: Patron P3,700 VIP P3,100 Premier A P2,400 Balcony Center P1,600 Balcony Left & Right and Premier B P1,200 For more information, call our Customer Care Center at 405-7000.
READ MORELANDBANK Visa cardholders may avail of exclusive offers ranging from discount to special privileges in selected dining merchants by simply using their LANDBANK Visa card from April 1 to August 31, 2014. For more information, please call our Customer Care Center at 405-7000.
READ MORELANDBANK Visa cardholders who will dine as a group of 4 shall pay for only 3 when they use their LANDBANK Visa Card at Spiral restaurant in the Sofitel Philippine Plaza from March 16 to July 31, 2014. Terms & Conditions ELIGIBILITY The promotion is open to all principal and supplementary holders of LANDBANK Visa Credit and Debit cards (“Cards”) ("Cardholders"). PROMOTION MECHANICS AND CONDITIONS The promotion commences on March 16, 2014 and ends on July 31, 2014(“Promotion Period”). All transactions must be made within the Promotion Period to avail of the Promotion. Offer: LANDBANK Visa cardholders can avail of a 3+1 (buy 3 get 1 free)offer on all buffet lunch at Spiral. Offer is valid for all days of the week (for lunch buffet only). There is no limit to the number of free lunches that can be availed. Cardholders may avail of 1 free lunch for every 3 paid lunches. The get one free offer is only available to a party of 4 or multiples of 4. All 3 lunch buffets have to be charged to one LANDBANK Visa card to avail of the free offer. A principal Card account is treated separately from the supplementary Card account. Transactions for the principal account will be considered separate from transactions of the supplementary account and vice versa. This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other Sofitel promotion and discount. Per DTI NCR Permit No A1-0184 series of 2014.
READ MORE“A farmer has to be a scientist. You have to do a lot of observing. You don’t just plant and plant.” – This is the philosophy that farmer-turned-agripreneur Ruben Ragas lives by. His farm in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte is proof of his careful and meticulous planning. All sections - from the fish pond and livestock shed to the various vegetable plots - are strategically laid out for specific reasons. “It has to be,” Ruben says. “For example, since the wind from the sea blows from the west, if we put the livestock shed west of the house, the smell is going to go straight to our living room. Everything has to be thought out.” Ruben is among the hundreds of small farmers who benefited from direct financing from LANDBANK through the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF). The ACEF Lending Program is implemented by LANDBANK in partnership with the Department of Agriculture to help increase the productivity of farmers, fishers, and their cooperatives and associations, as well as MSMEs, through credit assistance. Since the Program was launched in 2018, the Bank has so far released P154.29 million in loans to more than 400 borrowers. Continuous learning Determined to improve his knowledge and skills, Ruben continuously attended seminars and technical courses related to farming. His one-year stint with the Federation of Agrarian Reform Communities further taught him basic knowledge and skills on effective farming and efficient marketing strategies. Equipped with farm resource and basic entrepreneurial experience, Ruben hoped to further grow their family’s livelihood. Through LANDBANK-assisted Baug CARP Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BCBMPC) in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte, Ruben was able to buy seedlings and farm-inputs from a P15,000-loan from the coop. Over the next few years, he went to BCBMPC for more capital, including a P50,000 loan, to help him buy another half-hectare of land. He has also since then diversified into raising tilapia and various livestock. Before venturing into diversified and organic farming, his family’s income was so small. Ruben recalls how they used to live in a wood and nipa house with no concrete floor. His farm also used to be overrun with tall grass and the land so infertile. Today, his integrated farm is planted with a variety of vegetables, fruits, and root crops. He also raises native chicken, turkey, goats, and cows; and he produces tilapia, dalag, and other native freshwater fish. He remains methodical as he implements organic farming – with the manure of his livestock and left-over vegetables allowed to naturally decompose for use as fertilizer; while the urine from his goats are for later use as plant insect repellent and fungicide. In 2018, Ruben availed of the ACEF loan from LANDBANK, hoping to further expand his farm. Less than four months after the release of the loan, Ruben and his family launched The Ragas Farm where visitors are allowed to pick their choice of fruits and vegetables and buy them at significantly cheaper prices than retail market price. Aside from working capital for vegetable production, LANDBANK also provided Ruben with a term loan for the improvement of his farm which includes the building of a training hall and a drilled well for their farm irrigation. Through his methodical farming and the financial support provided by LANDBANK through the ACEF Fund, The Ragas Farm is now a major producer of farm-fresh vegetables. It is also fast becoming a major agri-tourism site – attracting visitors from different municipalities and serving as a venue for technology trainings for various small farmers. Ruben is now also an educator and life coach sought after by institutions to conduct lessons and seminars for aspiring agri-entrepreneurs. For his accomplishments in farming and inspiring drive to succeed, Ruben was awarded by LANDBANK as “Ulirang Magsasaka” in the 2015 Gawad sa Pinakatanging Kooperatiba.
READ MORELANDBANK Directors Nancy Irlanda Tanjuatco (2nd from left) and Jesus V. Hinlo Jr. (4th from left), together with Philippine Ambassador to Germany Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega (center) receive the “Karlsruhe Outstanding Sustainable Finance Project Award” from Karlsruhe City Mayor Dr. Frank Mentrup (leftmost) and European Organisation for Sustainable Development CEO/event co-organizer Arshad Rab (rightmost). The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) was recently conferred with the “Karlsruhe Outstanding Sustainable Finance Project Award” during the Global Sustainable Finance Conference 2019 in Karlsruhe City, Germany in July 2019, in recognition of its successful implementation of the Carbon Finance Support Facility (CFSF) which involves the installation of landfill gas collection and combustion systems for electricity generation in two of the country’s largest landfills. The waste-to-energy projects successfully implemented under the CFSF involve the methane gas power plant projects at the Quezon City and Rizal Province sanitary landfills, operated by Pangea Green Energy Philippines, Inc. (PGEP) and Montalban Methane Power Corporation (MMPC), respectively. These projects have power generation capacities of 2.5 MW and 8.19 MW, respectively, and are expected to contribute reduction of about 1M tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, or equivalent to 430,000 barrels of crude oil consumption, for the years 2014-2020. “The Carbon Finance Support Facility is part of LANDBANK’s response to the global call for immediate and appropriate action to mitigate climate change. We look forward to supporting more waste-to-energy projects, as we hope to encourage more local enterprises to lead socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations,” said LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo. Both projects were registered by LANDBANK as eligible projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The CDM allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to one ton of CO2. These CERs can be traded and sold, and used by industrialized countries to meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol. The CDM is a trailblazer, being the first global environmental investment and credit scheme of its kind, and with the CERs as a standardized emissions offset instrument.
READ MORELANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo (seated, 2nd from left) and Agriculture Acting Secretary William D. Dar (seated, 3rd from left) sign a MOA with LBP Lending Program Management Group Head/FVP Emellie Tamayo (seated, leftmost) and Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) Executive Director Jocelyn Alma Badiola (seated, rightmost), witnessed by Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones (standing, 4th from left), with (standing, from left) Deputy Treasurer Atty. Erwin Sta. Ana, LBP Directors Jesus Hinlo Jr., Jaime Miralles, and Virgilio Robes Jr., Agriculture Undersecretary Atty. Francisco Villano Jr., and ACPC Deputy Executive Director Ramon Yedra (standing, rightmost). The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), signed on August 28, 2019 a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that would provide financial assistance to small farmers affected by the implementation of Republic Act No. 11203 also known as the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). Acting Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar and LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo led the signing of the agreement to implement the Expanded Survival and Recovery Assistance Program (SURE Aid) for Rice Farmers, which will provide an immediate one-time loan assistance of P15,000, payable in 8 years, to rice farmers who are tilling one hectare of land and below, and whose incomes were affected by the drop of prices of palay this year. “We are trying to appraise the very predicament of the rice farmers affected by a complex set of issues, including the Rice Tariffication Law. But because of the falling prices of palay, we thought it necessary to look at every opportunity that is available for us. There are many more measures and this is one of them. We would like to get more ideas – measures that we need to implement right away,” said Secretary Dar, who is also Chairman of ACPC, an attached agency of DA. Under the agreement, LANDBANK will implement the SURE Aid Program by releasing the loans either through direct lending to farmers or through service conduits. For its part, DA-ACPC will set aside P1.5 billion for the Program and provide the Bank with the validated list of farmers eligible for the loan assistance, as well as the list of DA-identified service conduits. “We are very excited to be part of this very important Program that will cushion the initial impact of the lowering of the farm gate prices of palay because of the new rice tariffication regime. Please be assured that LANDBANK is fully on-board to work with you in making greater things happen for our farmers and fishers,” said President Borromeo. She also thanked Secretary Dar for his “very swift and solid move,” which she said was a clear sign of many great things to come in the agriculture sector. The MOA signing was witnessed by members of the LANDBANK Board of Directors led by Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones, Atty. Jesus Hinlo Jr., Jaime Miralles, and Virgilio Robes Jr. They were joined by Agriculture Undersecretary Atty. Francisco Villano Jr., ACPC Executive Director Jocelyn Alma Badiola, ACPC Deputy Executive Director Ramon Yedra, Deputy Treasurer Atty. Erwin Sta. Ana, and LANDBANK Lending Program Management Group Head/FVP Emellie Tamayo.
READ MOREBSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. (2nd from the left) and BAIPHIL President Liza L. Ortiz (2nd from the right), confer award to LANDBANK as Best Corporate Social Responsibility Project for Gawad Patnubay. LANDBANK Operations Sector Head/SVP Alan V. Bornas (center) received the award. Others in photo are BAIPHIL Chairperson of Special Projects Committee and Associate Life Member Maria Elena M. Ruiz (far left), and Chief Adviser of the Board Atty. Rhoneil S. Fajardo (far right). LANDBANK’s Gawad Patnubay Scholarship Program was adjudged as the Champion in the 2017 Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Project Award of the Bankers Institute of the Philippines, Inc. (BAIPHIL). This is the second award for the program after being named Outstanding Development Project – CSR Category by the Association of Development Financing Institution in Asia and Pacific (ADFIAP) in 2014. The Gawad Patnubay Scholarship Program, managed by LANDBANK’s Corporate Affairs Department, is a unique two-pronged scholarship program with an E2E Internship component for children of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) taking up agriculture-related courses. The program covers the formal education or the four-year degree program in partnership with International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and, informal education or skill-based training program in partnership with Pilipinas Association of Rural Families for Education and Development (PARFED). The E2E component is an internship program composed of a 10-week intensive internship where graduates will spend three weeks of lectures, seminars, and professional and personality development activities at the LANDBANK Head Office in Manila, and seven weeks of field work in LANDBANK or in different partner-institutions, such as the Philippine Rice Research Institution (PhilRice), Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), and HARBEST Agribusiness Corporation (HARBEST), etc., with the objective of securing agriculture-related jobs at the end of the program. LANDBANK established a unique funding scheme for the program wherein LANDBANK employees voluntarily donate a minimum of one hour’s worth of their salary during the last working day of the year. To date, a total of P14 million has been donated by LANDBANK employees nationwide. Since its inception in 2013, the Gawad Patnubay Scholarship Program has accepted 127 2nd to 4th year college students for both the formal and informal education programs, covering full subsidy for tuition fee, including monthly stipend, book allowance, thesis writing and uniform costs. A total of 22 scholars from the two batches of the formal education program have graduated and are now employed in LANDBANK and in other partner government and private institutions. With its initial success, the Gawad Patnubay Scholarship Program will be expanded to 17 more universities across the country starting this academic year 2017-2018, in line with its goal to encourage and equip more aspiring future agriculturists that can contribute in developing the agriculture sector of the country. LANDBANK Operations Sector Head and Senior Vice President Alan V. Bornas received the award on behalf of LANDBANK last March 11, during the closing ceremonies of BAIPHIL’s 29th National Convention in Tagaytay City. “This award is another affirmation of the positive impact of the Gawad Patnubay Scholarship Program, not only to the beneficiaries, but also to the effort to revive student interest in agriculture,” says Bornas.
READ MOREAs of Fri, April 25, 2025
| Buying | Selling | |
|---|---|---|
| USD | 56.25 | 56.75 |
| JPY | 0.388752 | 0.403776 |
| EUR | 63.163815 | 65.607824 |
| GBP | 73.988728 | 76.851588 |
| HKD | 7.223177 | 7.761414 |
As of Thu, April 24, 2025
| UITF | NAVPU |
|---|---|
| Cash Management Fund | 1.557366 |
| Money Market Fund | 1.310646 |
| PERA Money Market Fund | 1.023632 |
| Medium-Term Bond Fund | 2.470334 |
| Bond Fund | 2.024273 |
| PERA Bond Fund | 1.198883 |
| Balanced Fund | 2.585336 |
| Growth Fund | 2.562157 |
| Alpha Equity Fund | 2.96484 |
| Blue Chip Equity Fund | 0.954534 |
| Equity Fund | 0.773163 |
| High Dividend Equity Fund | 1.002938 |
| US$ Money Market Fund | 1.431822 |
| Global $ Fund | 1.518293 |
| Money Market Plus Fund | 1.223015 |
