64 major projects underway in ‘golden age of infrastructure’

A total of 64 big-ticket projects ranging from major road networks, railway systems and bus rapid transit systems to airport and seaport modernization are either for implementation or in the…

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Enhanced exports competitiveness necessary amid slowing sector

The Philippines needs to increase the competitiveness of its export sector, which is seen to recover this year, amid an expected boost from its rejuvenated relations with countries like China…

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PHL team, Chinese officials to discuss infra projects

BEIJING—A high-level delegation from the Philippines led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has arrived here for a series of meetings with top-ranking Chinese officials to hammer out details of…

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Gov’t team off to Beijing for $15-B investment deals

A high-level delegation from the Philippines will meet with key Chinese officials this week in China to further hammer out details of some $15 billion-worth of economic deals and investment…

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Angara informs DOF of Senate’s Sin Tax Law review

Senator Juan Edgardo Angara has informed the Department of Finance (DOF) that the Senate set up last year yet its oversight committee to review the impact of the Sin Tax…

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Tax reforms to net P206.8-B in 1st year of implementation

The Duterte administration needs to raise some P366 billion a year over the medium term, of which some P206.8 billion is expected to come from tax reform in the first…

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