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 cooperation within the 10-member regional bloc.
Read MoreFinance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has commended the Bureaus of Customs (BOC) and of Internal Revenue (BIR) for their sustained campaign against tax fraud following the BOC’s March 24 raid on two warehouses in Bulacan, which yielded P3.2 billion worth of Mighty Corp. cigarettes bearing fake tax stamps.
Read MoreFinance 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 sustained efforts by local banana growers to comply with its overly stringent export requirements.
Read MorePhoenix 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 Program (CTRP) of the Duterte Administration.
Read MoreA 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 Philippines could implement possibly in tandem with Japan.
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