PTA to launch iLEARN online training platform

The Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) will soon launch an online training platform that would enable employees of the Department of Finance (DOF) and its attached agencies to remotely access the…

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PHL economy to grow faster despite 2019 global headwinds—Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that bucking the perceived global headwinds, the Philippines will surge ahead this year as a growth leader in one of the world’s fastest-growing regions,…

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Dominguez cites heightened vigilance vs illicit tobacco trade

PORAC, PAMPANGA—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the need for heightened government vigilance against the illicit manufacture and sale of tobacco products, given that the increase in “sin” taxes…

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PHL eyeing coverage expansion of ASEAN Green Bonds framework

The Duterte administration is mulling over the possible expansion of the coverage of the ASEAN Green Bonds Framework to include sectors such as transportation, infrastructure and commercial banking, in step…

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YEARENDER DOF ensures funding for ‘Build, Build, Build’ projects

The Department of Finance (DOF) sealed concessional funding support in 2018 for big-ticket projects under the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build” (BBB) program, including its most ambitious and biggest single…

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Tax Academy eyeing campuses in Tagaytay, New Clark City

The Department of Finance (DOF) is planning to set up permanent campuses of the Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) in Tagaytay City in Cavite and New Clark City at the Clark…

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