The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking public comments for the draft Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11523 or the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act, a critical economic measure in the Philippines’ economic recovery. In a...
Business organizations lauded the enactment of Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act into law as timely stating the new law would further aid in the recovery of the Philippine economy, which has been battered by long lockdowns and quarantines due to the pandemic. The Philippine...
The Department of Finance (DOF) worked closely with lawmakers last year in providing technical support leading to swift congressional action on legislative measures that aim to rescue businesses, provide emergency assistance to vulnerable sectors and keep the economy afloat amid the crisis arising...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) lauded the passage of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill in Senate that aims to help the country recover from the global crisis. In a statement, Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
As the domestic economy continued to battle the impact of COVID-19 and the devastation from successive typhoons, Senator Imee Marcos urged the Duterte administration’s economic managers to be ‘bold, aggressive and quick’ economic stimulus response instead of the current “anemic” stimulus...
Congress should immediately pass the two pending measures of the Duterte administration to help the pandemic-hit businesses that are mainly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Antonio Joselito Lambino II said the Corporate...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the government’s plan for the economy to recover from the coronavirus-induced global crisis covers an array of programs meant to help small businesses get back on their feet. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) assured lawmakers of its full support for the proposed measure allowing banks to dispose their bad loans and other non-performing assets (NPAs) through asset management companies. BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay gave this assurance during a recent joint hearing of...
