Dominguez cites LGUs role in revitalizing economy

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez IIII has underscored the vital role of local government units (LGUs) in the difficult task of rebuilding the pandemic-battered economy as he encouraged elective executives to…

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Manila, Tokyo to convene 10th infra meeting online amid pandemic

Philippine and Japanese officials will hold high-level discussions tomorrow on the progress of the Japan-funded infrastructure projects under President Duterte's signature "Build, Build, Build" program, and this would happen via…

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DOF takes steps to untie legal knot on gov’t-held mining assets

The Department of Finance (DOF) is pursuing steps to untangle the legal issues tying down idle mining interests held by the government in an effort to speed up the privatization…

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JTI to hike 2021 local tobacco buying to support COVID-hit farmers

Japan Tobacco International (Philippines) Inc. (JTI) is studying the possibility of further increasing its procurement of locally produced tobacco from the current 4.6 million kilograms (kg) it has programmed to…

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