Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance April 17, 2024 Fellow workers in government, our partner banks, friends in the US, ladies and gentlemen: good morning. Thank you for investing your time in this dialogue. I am very eager to share with you the Philippines’ promising growth story and how the...

Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance April 16, 2024 Ministers and Governors, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank President Ajay Banga, and distinguished colleagues: Good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome all of you to the Spring Ministers and Governors Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G-24)...

Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance March 22, 2024 His Excellency Luc Veron, Ambassador of the European Union to the Philippines; Executives from the AFD; fellow workers in government; ladies and gentlemen: Good morning. Let me begin by thanking the European Union and the French Government for providing us with...

Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance April 2, 2024 Trade and Industry Secretary Fred Pascual; Mr. Enrique Razon, Jr., Prime Infra Chairman of the Board; Representatives from Ahunan Power Incorporated and Olympia Violago Water Power, Incorporated; Ladies and gentlemen: good morning. First of all, I congratulate our partners from Prime...

Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance April 1, 2024 To the hardworking men and women of the Department of Finance: magandang umaga sa inyong lahat. I am very pleased to see all of you here today as we kick off the 127th-anniversary celebration of the Department of Finance. 127 —...