The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has instructed all investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to submit a copy of the schedule of rates for their various services relating to the grant and administration of tax incentives. In a statement, Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Head...
DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista leads the inauguration of a newly constructed agency operations center, motorpool, and information technology building to serve its beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DSWD) As it aims to further improve the delivery of social protection packages to its...
Approved foreign investments dropped by half in the first three-months of the year despite improving economic condition amid the prolonged pandemic, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Based on the PSA report, total foreign investments declined 54 percent to P8.98 billion...
International book author Neil Gaiman also commented on the issue Days after the 2022 election, local publishing company Adarna House puts some of its children's books about Martial Law on sale at a discounted price. Its #NeverAgain bundle includes “Si Jhun Jhun, Noong Bago Ideklara Ang Batas...
Japan’s financial support to the Philippines during the Duterte administration’s nation-building programs surpassed the amount committed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe five-years ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. According to the DOF, Japan, the Philippines’ biggest...
The Japanese government has extended another loan to the Philippines for the Covid-19 recovery programs, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Tuesday, April 26. Tokyo and Manila signed a 30-billion yen, roughly P12.3 billion, in support of the Philippine government’s continuing efforts to...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has endorsed the Subic Bay Regional Development Master Plan that will serve as blueprint to maximize the economic development potentials of the former US naval base and its surrounding areas. The DOF announced Tuesday, April 26, its official endorsement of the Subic...
Ahead of the May 2022 polls, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa, on Sunday, April 24, said that the national government is currently monitoring Visayas and Mindanao areas with low Covid-19 vaccination rate. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP / FILE...
The weirdest ad of 2020 is still making waves over a year later. RC Cola’s ‘Basta!’ (‘Whatever!’) campaign created by GIGIL Agency Philippines has been awarded a bronze trophy by the Clio Awards in the Film category. Founded in 1959 to honor excellence in advertising, the Clio Awards...
SAN PEDRO, Laguna--Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she will leave it up to "Apo BBM" as to whether or not she would handle a Cabinet position during her potential tenure as vice president. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte addresses the crowd at JAM Compound in San Pedro,...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) is planning to set uniform charges on registered Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) with the investment promotion agencies (IPAs). Finance Assistant Secretary and FIRB Secretariat Head Juvy Danofrata said on Thursday, April 21, that they will look...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to maximize the P58-billion budgetary support they got from the national government by luring more investments into the country. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Monday, April 18, that...
