The safety of Filipinos in Ukraine remains the Philippines' "chief and singular" concern amid the rising tensions in the foreign land, the country's top diplomat said. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 23, Foreign...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the next administration will inherit a slew of President Duterte’s “hard-won” reforms, including several economic liberalization measures that will help fuel the Philippines’ resurgence in the years ahead. These reforms include the...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has suggested that the government should consider increasing taxes on real-estate properties instead of imposing the wealth tax. “I’m against wealth tax,” Dominguez said at a virtual forum by Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX)...
The next elected Philippine president will pay the loans secured by the Duterte administration for the country’s pandemic response, the government’s chief economic manager said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. “Looking realistically our situation, we have to pay for COVID. I mean, we cannot just have...
The Muntinlupa City Council is discussing a proposed ordinance banning the sale of medicine in “sari-sari” (variety) stores. This, after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier urged local government units (LGUs) nationwide to pass ordinances to approve the policy....
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat expressed optimism that more foreigners would arrive in the coming days as the Philippines reopened its borders to foreign tourists after a successful effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country....
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) brought in facial recognition biometric technology into its scholarship registration and attendance system. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) With this, TESDA said that it will now have a better perspective in ensuring...
The Philippines will soon launch its maiden $500-million green bonds in the offshore debt markets to help raise funds for the country’s clean energy projects and other sustainable initiatives, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said in a statement...
(DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed to continue to support government efforts to combat hunger by delivering timely and essential services to the marginalized and disaster-affected families and individuals. As one of the member-agencies of the Inter-Agency Task...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is confident that Japan’s commitment to help the Philippines’ infrastructure development and other initiatives will stay beyond President Duterte’s term. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III expressed his confidence following the Philippines and Japan 12th...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to create a National industry Board for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the agency said on Tuesday, Feb. 15. (Photo from TESDA /...
Filipinos in Ukraine will not be harmed and will have a safe exit to the closest border amid the growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday, Feb. 16. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Rest assured...
