YOKOHAMA— With prospects for the Philippines’ higher growth "certain," the main task of the Duterte administration is to ensure that the domestic economy becomes an inclusive one and is able…
YOKOHAMA—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) should take on an "effective role" in promoting inclusive growth and reducing inequalities in the region against the backdrop…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has reiterated the government’s preference for “hybrid” public-private partnership (PPP) deals in which the government would build the infrastructure projects and later bid out the…
Yokohama—The Philippines has thanked host Japan and the other ASEAN+3 countries (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea) for their active participation in the highly…
YOKOHAMA—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited here the successful efforts by Asia’s economies over the past two decades to improve corporate governance and develop regional mechanisms to ensure financial…
Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua said that “substantial progress” has been achieved in the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) bill now pending in the Congress after the House ways and…
The Department of Finance (DOF) is respecting the decision of the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) on the appointment of Ms. Regina Lopez as secretary of the Department of Environment…
A makeover of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program via the adoption of a novel “hybrid” formula has led to the fast-track implementation of two road projects in Luzon in barely…
DAVAO City--Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said here over the weekend that public diplomacy is needed to spell popular support for the "politically challenging" plan of the Duterte administration to…
One of the key supporters in the Congress of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) has advised cooperatives opposing the measure to focus on sound fiscal management, rather…
