Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno highlighted the Visayan group of islands’ vast economic potential in sustainable tourism, information technology and business process management (IT-BPM), and renewable energy (RE) during the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) on August 11, 2023 at the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu.
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual approved the amendment to the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Corporate Recovery…
The House Committee on Appropriations began its review of the PHP 5.768-trillion proposed national budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 in a hearing with the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC)…
As the Philippine Statistics Authority reported, the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2023 expanded at a moderate pace of 4.3 percent. This brings our real…
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno highlighted Mindanao’s unique position to boost the country’s economic progress during the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in Davao with the theme, Agenda for Prosperity: Economic Transformation toward Inclusivity and Sustainability, on August 9, 2023 at the DusitD2 Hotel, Davao City.
The Department of Finance (DOF) welcomed the approval of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2165 or the Automatic Income Classification of Local Government Units (LGUs) Act on third and final reading…
The Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that only 12.1 percent, equivalent to PHP 699.2 billion, of the proposed PHP 5.768-trillion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, is allocated to financing…
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno urged the financial technology (FinTech) community to work with the government in inspiring confidence in the digital markets during the Fintech Alliance 2023 Ambassador’s Gala…
Japan-based debt watcher, Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I), affirmed the Philippines’ investor-grade credit rating at ‘BBB+’ and revised its outlook to positive from stable, due to the country’s robust…
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno welcomed the swift creation of an ad hoc Committee on the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension Reform which was formalized during the House of…
