The Department of Finance (DOF) has contracted a total of US$17.06 billion in affordable financing from external sources in 2020 for key infrastructure projects and other priority programs, and for…
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has allotted more than P153 million for the hiring of over 1,000 service contract workers (SCWs) who are now being deployed to various…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called for "bolder collective action" in realizing the Philippines’ global commitment to reduce its carbon footprint, starting with the ambitious goal of banning single-use…
Officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia have met recently to discuss the latter’s best practices that could be applied in…
The government has targeted about US$1.3 billion in loan financing from multilateral lenders, which includes the Philippines’ contribution of US$84 million to the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, to…
The Department of Finance (DOF), as the Chairperson-designate of the Climate Change Commission (CCC), supports the movement to ban single-use plastics nationwide as a way to advance sustainable solid waste…
A total of P119.1 billion or three-fourths of the P157 billion in cash dividends remitted by government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in 2020 partly funded the social amelioration program (SAP)…
Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has assured the full support of the Department of Finance (DOF) and its attached agencies to the Department of Education (DepEd)'s efforts to ensure that Filipino…
We welcome the announcement by US President Joe Biden that the US is rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is a welcome development that comes on the heels…
