Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno engaged in in-depth discussions on policy reforms in the pipeline which are necessary to sustain the Philippines’ growth momentum during the Post-State of the Nation Address Philippine Economic Briefing (Post-SONA PEB) on July 25, 2023 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) leadership, led by Fire Chief Louie S. Puracan has expressed openness to the creation of a sustainable pension fund for the military and uniformed personnel (MUP). This declaration was made during the economic team’s 21st consultative meeting held on July 4, 2023, at the BFP Headquarters in Quezon City.The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) leadership, led by Fire Chief Louie S. Puracan

The economic managers successfully brought their US-Canada non-deal roadshow to a close on July 14, 2023 (Eastern Daylight Time). Composed of a series of roundtable meetings in New York (July 10-12) and Toronto (July 12-14), the non-deal roadshow served as an opportunity for investors to learn more about the Philippines’ growth outlook, economic and fiscal policy environment, investment opportunities, and growth engines in the medium and long term.

The British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) hosted “A Year After: Build, Better, More” on July 13, 2023 at the Fairmont Hotel Makati and brought Philippine government and British business representatives together to discuss the key achievements and economic developments a year into the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

The economic team of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. hosted its eighth Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Canada on July 13, 2023 (Eastern Daylight Time) to apprise Canadian investors of business opportunities in the Philippines in time for the President’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The Philippine economic team, headed by Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno, kicked off the US-Canada Non-Deal Roadshow (NDR) with a series of meetings with American asset management firms and fixed income investors on July 10, 2023 at the Citi Headquarters in New York City.

Military and uniformed personnel (MUP) officials gathered for the first ever Inter-Agency Summit of Senior Non-Commissioned Officers on June 30, 2023 at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Headquarters in Camp Crame to discuss the proposed MUP pension reform with the economic team.

Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for the Philippines Pavit Ramachandran signed three (3) loan agreements for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project (DPTMP) on July 1, 2023 at the Acacia Hotel in Davao City.

Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and World Bank (WB) Country Director for the Philippines Ndiamé Diop signed four (4) loan agreements amounting to US$1.14 billion on June 26, 2023 at the Department of Finance (DOF) office in Manila to finance various government initiatives aimed at accelerating economic recovery, strengthening climate resilience, improving the quality of education, and developing the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

The economic team, in cooperation with the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Office of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, has successfully completed thirteen (13) consultative meetings with all branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from May 25 to June 21, 2023.