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.

Representatives from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), Department of Finance (DOF), and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) engaged in another courtesy call with Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos on June 19, 2023 at the Philippine National Police (PNP) National Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Secretary Abalos gathered the chiefs of the uniformed personnel to meet the economic team and discuss the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension reform.

Representatives from the Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) paid a courtesy visit to newly appointed Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. on June 19, 2023 at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City to discuss the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension reform, particularly the fund’s governance structure.

Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary and Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI) Chairperson Maria Cielo D. Magno led the PH-EITI delegation during the launch of the 2023 EITI Standard at the 2023 EITI Global Conference from June 12 to 15, 2023 in Dakar, Senegal.

Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno assured the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) community that the government will prioritize learning recovery in order to secure economic productivity.

Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and Ambassador of India to the Philippines Shambhu Santha Kumaran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on June 19, 2023 at the Department of Finance (DOF) office in Manila to enhance cooperation between the Philippines and India in the field of Financial Technology (FinTech).