WASHINGTON DC—Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has told leaders of the American business community that now is the "best time" for them to invest more in the Philippines so they…
WASHINGTON DC—The World Bank’s generous support for the Philippines’ sustainable development programs is a key factor in helping the country secure its status as an upper middle-income economy in 2019,…
The National Food Authority (NFA) will continue to operate even with the rice tariffication law in place, but it needs to strengthen its logistics capacity, ensuring that the government has…
The provisions in the loan agreements entered into by the Philippines with China are standard in all other loan accords signed by the country with other states and even with…
The Department of Finance (DOF) has allayed misapprehensions over a possible Chinese takeover of the Philippines’ patrimonial assets. There is no provision in the loan agreements signed between the two…
An initiative spearheaded by the Philippines and Japan on proposed measures that aim to strengthen the financial resilience to natural disasters of the 21 member-economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
The Philippines has underscored the need for member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to share their efforts and initiatives in deterring money laundering schemes, which have been…
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will soon start processing online the special export permits of an initial six private firms under the government’s Internet-based trading platform TradeNet, according to…
The Philippines has called for stronger cooperation on disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) strategies among the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in light of the…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the need for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank to closely coordinate efforts and explore their complementarities to more effectively…
