ASEAN finance ministers, CB governors to meet in Cebu next week

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting next week in Mactan island in the province of Cebu to discuss ways of…

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‘Productive’ engagements between PHL, Japan fitting birthday gift to PRRD

'Productive’ engagements between PHL, Japan fitting birthday gift to PRRD TOKYO—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said this week's productive dialogues between Japanese and Philippine officials here can be considered a…

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PHL, Japan officials meet on proposed projects

TOKYO—Philippine and Japanese officials have pledged here to work closely on possible projects for cooperation on infrastructure development. In the first meeting of the Philippines-Japan Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development…

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Growth momentum sustained despite political chatter, says Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the latest positive outlook of Fitch Ratings on the Philippines is proof enough that the political noise has “failed to dent” the country’s growth…

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SP Pimentel gives full support to CTRP bill

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. himself has filed a counterpart measure to the Duterte administration’s pending tax reform bill in the House of Representatives as he underscored the importance of…

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Dominguez cites ASEAN role as key global growth driver

TOKYO—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited here the key role played by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in driving the growth of the global economy and facilitating…

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Dominguez urges Australia to open market to PHL bananas

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on Australia to open its market to Philippine bananas, which has remained barred in that country for over 20 years now despite the…

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Phoenix Petroleum to pre-pay 2017 taxes in support of CTRP

Phoenix Petroleum has announced plans to voluntarily pre-pay excise taxes due for its gasoline and petroleum-based product sales in 2017 to demonstrate its full support for the Comprehensive Tax Reform…

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PHL delegation off to Tokyo for proposed infra financing

A Cabinet-level delegation led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III will fly to Tokyo next week to discuss with Japanese officials a prospective list of big infrastructure projects that the…

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