Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that the World Bank is keen on supporting the Philippine government in its bid to digitalize services and modernize the bureaucracy. “I am very pleased…
The Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) discussed further development cooperation and alignment of priorities for the next six years at a courtesy call meeting on Wednesday (August 3)…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that the jobs market has continued to improve, citing positive figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) June 2022 Labor Force Survey results. “While the…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno reassured the public that the economy is on a steady path to recovery and expansion, as demonstrated by the broad-based 7.4 percent gross domestic product (GDP)…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno met with the Ambassador of the United States (US) to the Philippines Marykay Loss Carlson on Monday (August 1) to strengthen Philippine-US development cooperation, especially in…
The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed their strong economic partnership, especially in infrastructure development, during a courtesy call meeting between Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that the mining industry is a potential source of sustained economic growth as he underscored the benefit of mobilizing investments for mine development. “The mining…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that domestic consumption, especially by the youth, remains the top contributor to economic growth. "[A]ng biggest source of growth ng Pilipino ay consumption kasi we…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno tasked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to strengthen tax collection through digitalization to enable the government to exceed its revenue targets, as he underscored the…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno welcomed the enactment of Republic Act No. 11901 (RA 11901) otherwise known as the Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Financing Enhancement Act of 2022, which lapsed…
