Cebu hosting 12th ASEAN Finance Ministers Investors Forum

The island of Mactan in the province of Cebu is hosting this week the 12thASEAN Finance Ministers Investors Seminar (AFMIS), which aims to tackle ways of further harnessing investment opportunities…

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CTRP to ensure vibrant future for next generations of Filipinos

The main authors of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) in the Congress said their combined proposals to convert the current tax system into a more progressive one will help…

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Dominguez pitches PHL infra buildup to investors

HONG KONG—With the Philippines free of its debt load and reaping investment-grade status, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on potential investors to help rewrite the Philippines’ growth story…

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DOH backs DOF campaign vs cigarette tax cheats

The Department of Health (DOH) is backing the Department of Finance (DOF)’s campaign to expose, and run after, tax cheats in the cigarette industry, in which just an additional P1…

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ASEAN finance ministers, CB governors to meet in Cebu next week

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting next week in Mactan island in the province of Cebu to discuss ways of…

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‘Productive’ engagements between PHL, Japan fitting birthday gift to PRRD

'Productive’ engagements between PHL, Japan fitting birthday gift to PRRD TOKYO—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said this week's productive dialogues between Japanese and Philippine officials here can be considered a…

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PHL, Japan officials meet on proposed projects

TOKYO—Philippine and Japanese officials have pledged here to work closely on possible projects for cooperation on infrastructure development. In the first meeting of the Philippines-Japan Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development…

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Growth momentum sustained despite political chatter, says Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the latest positive outlook of Fitch Ratings on the Philippines is proof enough that the political noise has “failed to dent” the country’s growth…

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SP Pimentel gives full support to CTRP bill

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. himself has filed a counterpart measure to the Duterte administration’s pending tax reform bill in the House of Representatives as he underscored the importance of…

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Dominguez cites ASEAN role as key global growth driver

TOKYO—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited here the key role played by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in driving the growth of the global economy and facilitating…

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