The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a supplemental agreement extending a 4.376-billion yen loan to the Philippines to help fund the second…
The Duterte administration’s policy of aggressive investments in both infrastructure and human capital development, which requires a manageable deficit spending strategy, is meant to increase the “horsepower” of the Philippine…
We, the government’s Economic Team, understand that many are feeling the hit of a faster inflation rate, particularly those who toil so hard just to keep up. We assure everyone…
After exploring a plan to provide continuing education programs for local government treasurers online, Secretary Carlos Dominguez III now wants this program expanded to cover other employees of the Department…
The Department of Finance (DOF) sustained its anti-graft campaign this year with the successful prosecution of cases against personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the other DOF-attached agencies…
The government is losing an estimated P43 billion a year in tax leakages to firms that possibly exploit the country’s convoluted corporate income tax (COT) system and abuse transfer pricing…
A $1-billion loan facility being offered by India to economies within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is available to the Philippines to help fund its “Build, Build, Build”…
Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has raised the possibility of a scholar exchange program between the Philippines and Israel to expand advanced learning opportunities for personnel of the Department of Finance…
LONDON—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III met here with officials of Lloyd’s of London and the World Bank this week to discuss possible insurance structures that could be applied to cover…
LONDON—The Philippines is looking forward to more investment flows from the United Kingdom (UK) amid the Duterte administration's implementation of policy and infrastructure reforms at a pace that has transformed…
