The government’s economic team will be in Tokyo on September 25-26 to discuss with Japanese officials ways of speeding up the implementation of the Duterte administration’s flagship infrastructure projects for…
The head of one of the Philippines’ leading business empires has lauded the Duterte administration for taking the unusually “bold step” of pushing tax reform and embarking on an ambitious…
Philippine and Chinese officials have underscored the substantial progress made in revitalizing and strengthening economic relations between their two countries, which, they said, was the result of the “favorable and…
The Duterte administration is finalizing a new, faster system for securing import applications that currently involve more than 60 government agencies, as part of fresh measures to cut red tape…
The government will implement its biggest social benefits program yet once the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) is passed by the Congress in full, given that…
Inflation will remain manageable in the coming months despite the acceleration in consumer prices to a three-month high of 3.1 percent from 2.8 percent a month ago, Finance Undersecretary Gil…
The Departments of Finance (DOF) and of Transportation (DOTr) will create a technical working group (TWG) to work out the transfer of several patrol vessels from the Department of Transportation…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said even non-wage earners who will not get tax breaks under the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) will still benefit greatly…
The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives has endorsed for congressional approval the P19.73-billion budget of the Department of Finance (DOF) for 2018, which decreased 16 percent from…
The Department of Finance (DOF) is now putting in place a comprehensive cybersecurity defense structure that will span all DOF units and attached agencies to shield their online portals and…
