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 institution’s course offerings via the Internet.
Read MoreFinance 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, owing in part to the decisive measures taken by the Duterte administration to control inflation, attract more investments and speed up the rollout of its big-ticket infrastructure projects under the President’s centerpiece “Build, Build, Build” program.
Read MoreThe Philippines and Japan have sealed two loan agreements for projects amounting to P98.69 billion combined, one of which aims to improve flood control management in Metro Manila, and the other to seamlessly integrate a three-way commuter rail system linking this premier urban hub to the major provinces of Laguna, Pampanga and Bulacan.
Read MoreThe ongoing refurbishment of the six-story building that houses the central office of the Department of Finance (DOF) along Roxas Boulevard in Manila now includes a state-of-the-art sewage treatment facility that is now operational way ahead of the Duterte administration’s program to rehabilitate the heavily polluted Manila Bay.
Read MorePORAC, 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 has incentivized illegal traders to increasingly resort to smuggling and tax evasion.
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