Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña to spearhead the creation of interagency task forces at the regional level to unify and beef up anti-smuggling operations in the provinces.
Read MoreThe Philippines will soon ink an agreement with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) of France for a EUR 100 million (equivalent to around USD115 million) loan to support the Local Government Finance and Fiscal Decentralization Reform Program, Sub-program 2 (LGFFDR2).
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