DAVAO CITY—This year’s Philippines Development Forum (PDF) has been a productive exchange of ideas that generated a wide range of practical and out-of-the-box proposals on “how to push the poverty…
DAVAO CITY—Stakeholders in this year’s Philippine Development Forum (PDF) have drawn up a priority list of action plans geared to put flesh into the goals of the new government’s 10-point…
DAVAO CITY—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said here the Duterte administration is fully committed to advancing a mix of policy reforms, management innovations and the optimal use of information technology…
DAVAO CITY--The Duterte administration is convening the first of its series of “inclusive deliberations” with development stakeholders in a bid to reach consensus behind the policies and concerted actions that…
Acting on the ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has ordered the dismissal from the service of the municipal treasurer of Buguias, Benguet for…
The Duterte administration’s comprehensive tax reform program and its blueprint for peace and development in Mindanao are among the priority initiatives that would be tackled in the upcoming Philippines Development…
The Department of Finance (DOF) has secured a P21.5 million grant from the German development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Group to implement an anti-red tape initiative that would simplify…
DAVAO CITY—The Duterte administration’s priority initiatives under its 10-point socioeconomic agenda to significantly cut poverty incidence over the next five years and make high growth not only sustainable but also…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has assured members of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AmCham) that the Duterte administration will continue to make the Philippines an attractive place…
The business community has no reason to be nervous or scared under the new government because President Duterte is the “ultimate pragmatist” and “fierce nationalist” who, while genuinely caring for…
