Employees of the Department of Finance (DOF) along with attached agencies and state-owned companies, like the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Social Security System (SSS), are told to prepare for a full-return to the workplace. Amid easing quarantine restrictions and COVID-19 infections,...
Carlos Yulo (AFP) Carlos Yulo is using his Tokyo Olympics experience as a springboard to retain his title – and win more – at the ongoing 50 th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. A heavy favorite at the Olympics after winning the floor exercise world title in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has disallowed another set of tax credit certificates (TCCs) granted to several textile companies, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report by the COA Special Audits Office to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the commission said it has disallowed new...
The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law will not be affected by the government’s increasing expenditures for coronavirus treatment. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Duterte administration has proposed P80 billion for...
Carlos Yulo (AFP) Carlos Yulo is all set to defend his title in the 50 th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships slated to start on Monday until Oct. 24 in Kitakyushu, Japan. Yulo, who is already based in Japan for the past years, arrived at the competition venue a few days ago to prepare for...
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The Makabayan bloc underscored the urgency of enacting a bill that would prohibit the substitution of candidates due to withdrawal as its members filed its own legislative proposal on Friday, Oct. 15. Makabayan bloc2 The six-man progressive bloc in the Lower House assailed reported plans of certain...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has set in motion the full implementation of the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) with its recent issuance of the rates for the fees on the use of the electronic registry mandated to be established under the law. Republic Act (RA) No. 11057 or the PPSA aims to...
The lowering of Metro Manila’s alert level status would provide a solid, positive impact on the government’s efforts to perk up the local economy, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Thursday, Oct. 14. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that downgrading the National Capital Region...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, Oct. 13 dared the Commission on Elections to declare all place holder candidates as nuisance candidates. Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate Zarate aired the challenge a few days after Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that China’s heightened crackdown on online gambling is the one forcing Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) to close shop, and not the government’s new tax measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the exodus of Chinese-run online...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager suggested that the next administration should continue in subsidizing people’s subsequent booster doses of the coronavirus vaccine to ensure the country’s economic recovery. With more COVID-19 booster shots on the horizon, Finance Secretary Carlos G....