Former Finance chief Carlos Dominguez III has been conferred by Japanese Emperor Naruhito with Japan's distinguished award for local and non-local government officials. Domiguez received on November 9 the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun for exercising "outstanding leadership in...
Malacañang has named the members of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) that will ensure the smooth transition of power to the next administration. File photos Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (center), the chair of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) with members (L-R)...
President Duterte has approved the recommendation to retain the fuel excise tax under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law amid the continuing increase of oil and petroleum products prices, Malacañang announced. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Communications...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero claimed that the Department of Finance (DOF) can't block the proposed suspension of oil taxes, which he said would give Filipino consumers much-needed relief by way of fuel price cuts. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Romero, in a statement Wednesday, Feb. 23,...
Saying that the P5,000 special risk allowance for medical frontliners is “too low,” President Duterte on Thursday, Jan. 6, approved the increase of such allowance due to the surge of coronavirus cases in the country. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This came after he made a call to...
An international environment organization is pressing the Philippine delegation to the United Nations (UN) climate talks to push for an urgent fossil fuel phaseout and hold companies that are big environment polluters accountable amid reports that the world is still lagging behind its goal to...
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III did not oppose propositions for the abolition of the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (Presidential Photo) The Department...
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday, Aug. 27, suggested the audit of the government’s billions of pesos expenditure for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. CDA3E812-89E8-4023-B6CF-1B66F6F5ECD3 The veteran independent lawmaker made the call as government continued to reject...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a total of 84 criminal charges against suspected tax cheats before the Department of Justice (DOJ) during the first half of 2021 for refusal to settle tax debts amounting to P3.1 billion. (Photo by Roth Melinda/ Unsplash) The BIR also padlocked 274 firms...
President Duterte has an option to ask for a supplemental budget from Congress if the government funds won't be enough for the cash assistance to people affected by the pandemic lockdown, according to a Palace official. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) But for now, Presidential...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto lamented on Tuesday, July 27, the government's seeming "lack of urgency" in spending government funds despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) About P200 billion of funds under the P4.506-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) has...
President Duterte snapped at Congress after some lawmakers claimed the government was underspending the funds allotted to the coronavirus response, saying they were only talking about one percent of the money that was actually released. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement...
