The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is not inclined to increase the amount it lends to the national government on the back of the improving coronavirus situation in the country. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said Thursday, Oct. 14, that he does not see a need to raise the direct cash advance...
To help employers who are still reeling hard from the effects of the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has suggested offering soft loans for them to pay for their employees' 13th month pay. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said he already...
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...
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....
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that most private sector institutions have overshot their September inflation forecasts, noting that analysts appeared to have expected the worst last month. In a statement, the DOF said on Monday, Oct. 11, that analysts from the private sector had a median...
More than half of the initial list of tax-delinquent social media influencers have yet to begin the sign-up process with the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) despite crackdown, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Dakila Elteen M. Napao said late Friday, Oct. 8,...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) supports the proposed transfer of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) from the Office of the President (OP) to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “It is very clear and logical that NIA should be under the DA, since all its activities are directly aimed at...
The government on Friday, Oct. 8, listed its first onshore retail dollar bonds (RDBs) in the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. (PDEX), bringing closer to fulfilling its twin goals of deepening the domestic capital markets and broadening financial inclusion. During the listing, Finance Secretary...
The trade activity in the Philippines is continuing to show recovery, the Department of Finance (DOF) said, but the government should still continue to be vigilant with the prevalence of the highly transmissible Delta variant. In his latest DOF economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary and Chief...
It has been five years since the Department of Agriculture (DA) proposed to take back the jurisdiction over the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the agency is finally getting the support it needs from other government agencies, thanks to the fact that it no longer has the same Cabinet...
