Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones has already intervened in the issue between several agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Davao and Marsman Estate Plantations Inc. (MEPI) urging the former to resolve their long-standing rift with one of the country’s top banana exporters. Banana...
More than 300 Japanese guests from Japan’s leading corporate and financial institutions have participated in the virtual Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) that highlighted the Duterte administration’s efforts to push for a much stronger and more inclusive economy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has directed the Department of Transportation to collect at least half a billion pesos in remaining charges that flag-carrier Philippines Airlines still owed to the government. Philippine Airlines Dominguez immediately asked the DOTr to “intensify...
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said the issue surrounding the government's procured coronavirus (COVID-19) supplies could have been avoided if only the Senate read the weekly report submitted by the Executive Department to the Legislative. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has urged the Senate to help guarantee the Philippines’ "strong economic rebound" from the lingering pandemic by swiftly approving the Duterte administration’s remaining economic reform measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez Finance Secretary Carlos G....
Opposition congressmen on Friday, Sept. 11 chided presidential spokesman Harry Roque for berating doctors on the controversy surrounding government’s alleged indecisiveness on community quarantine impositions. Spokesman Harry Roque Roque was reported to have scolded medical experts for appealing...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is lukewarm to pending proposals in Congress seeking for the creation of new government departments. DOF Building in Manila Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the government’s chief economic manager, explained that such proposals run counter to a global...
The Philippines stands to lose around P11 trillion in the next four-decades from the pandemic-induced school closures, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) estimated. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO : AFP : FILE PHOTO) Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said Thursday,...
Struggling flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will not get any financial help from government financial institutions anytime soon, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Thursday, Sept. 9. During the virtual Senate briefing, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that government-owned...
Farmers are demanding for a production subsidy of at least P15,000 that will come from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) proposed 2022 budget. “While we want a higher budget for agriculture, we are not keen on the policy and fiscal directions of the Department of Agriculture and Secretary...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp., commonly known as PhilHealth, needs a long-term plan to fix the agency’s serious systemic problem, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. PhilHealth During a virtual Senate hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 8, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III told...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager said the government needs a new approach to rein in coronavirus cases and revive the economy as lockdown orders no longer provide benefits to the country. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), the government's...
