Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the urgency of the national and local governments working together to improve the resilience to climate change of communities most vulnerable to extreme…
Former finance officials and economists from the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) have pointed to higher oil prices in the world market and the increase in food prices that were…
The Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and of Customs (BOC) are set to forge an agreement on information sharing and coordination, among other ways of cooperation, to strengthen their joint…
Influential thinkers in the fields of international economics, history and digital technology are set to speak on global economic trends that will shape the world’s future during a forum to…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on the Congress to tread carefully and learn from the Philippine experience in the devolution of the national government’s health and agriculture functions…
The government of the Philippines and Japan signed on Wednesday the 9.399-billion yen loan agreement for the construction of the third phase of the Arterial Road Bypass Project that is…
The Philippines’ first-ever tax academy will not only provide the country’s revenue collectors and administrators with continuing training on best practices to hone their competitiveness but will also sharpen their…
Total actual excise tax collections for January 2018 reached P22.078 billion, or over 7.7 percent of the goal of P20.501 billion for that month and 81.69 percent higher compared to…
ZAMBOANGA CITY—After decades of neglect, Mindanao is now in the “front and center” of the government’s infrastructure buildup under the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program, with several big-ticket projects…
The launching of the Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) on Feb. 27 will start with an orientation workshop for 52 local treasurers and 130 newly hired employees of the Department of…
