TAX REFORM TO ENSURE SAFER COMMUNITIES, FAIRER SOCIETY—DOMINGUEZ

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said today the Duterte administration is seizing on an "opportune convergence" of growth-friendly factors to reconfigure our tax system that is “crying out for reform”…

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Dominguez orders DOF, attached agencies to use ​BTr’s​ Ayuntamiento for meetings ​in line with Duterte Admin’s​austerity ​program​

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has ordered ​officials and ​employees of the Department ​of Finance (DOF) ​and its attached agencies to refrain from conducting meetings and other work-related events in…

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DBCC explains ‘Budget for Real Change’ to Congress

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III today said the “Budget for Real Change” that Malacañang has submitted for congressional approval will flesh out the vision of President Duterte for a Philippines,…

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RA 10693’s IRR offers microfinancing to poor entrepreneurs

Poor families considered as “unbankable” loan clients can now tap government funding to open up small businesses, following the signing of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of a new…

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DOF expects benign inflation in near future

The Department of Finance (DOF) expects the manageable uptick in the growth of consumer prices ​to​ boost domestic demand as well as counterbalance weaker global-growth outlook. In the latest DOF…

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Now is ‘best time” to invest in PHL—Dominguez

DAVAO City--Now is the “best time” for investors to put their money in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, as the country heads for a one-of-a-kind political and economic watershed under…

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NG Debt at P5.95-B in 1st Semester/S1

The National Government (NG)'s outstanding debt hit P5,948 billion at the end of this year's first semester, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). In a report to Finance…

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Duterte admin holding more‘Sulong Pilipinas’ workshops

The Duterte administration will replicate the successful Sulong Pilipinas consultative conference held in Davao City last June to further broaden multisectoral support for its 10-point socioeconomic agenda designed to sustain…

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