The Department of Agriculture (DA) has presented to the Cabinet’s Economic Development Cluster (EDC) a three-pronged approach that includes distributing certified rice seeds and fertilizers to farmers and importing corn…
Dividends remitted by government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) as of mid-May this year have already reached P38.9 billion, which is only 3 percent shy of the P40.17 billion in actual…
The four-month budget deadlock in the Congress severely held back government efforts to boost spending on infrastructure and social services at the onset of 2019, handicapping growth from soaring to…
Various organizations, from health advocacy groups to rural poor associations, have voiced their unequivocal support for the swift approval by the Congress of measures that would impose higher “sin” taxes…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has made an 11th-hour appeal to senators to speed up the approval of a new "sin" tax reform law that would further impose higher excise…
The delay in passing the 2019 budget during the first three months of this year hit our economy hard. Public spending plays a crucial role in supporting the rapid expansion…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has expressed the hope that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) recent upgrade of the Philippines’ credit rating to ‘BBB+’ would convince lawmakers to pass the bill…
The South Korean government has committed to help ship back to its country some 5,176 metric tons (MT) of waste materials illegally imported here last year and currently stored at…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has reaffirmed the Philippine government’s desire to deepen economic ties with South Korea, which recently unveiled plans to pivot towards the Association of Southeast Asian…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has asked the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to team up with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) as well as law enforcement agencies in…
