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The Department of Finance (DOF) onboarded a new talent from the Sy-led China Banking Corp. to lead the unit responsible for analyzing emerging economic issues and developments. Domini S. Velasquez, the former chief economist of Chinabank, is set to join the DOF this week to head the Office of the...

Reducing infrastructure spending to temper the government's growing debt stock will be counterproductive in the long-run as far as economic recovery is concerned, the Department of Finance (DOF) warned. While there is a need to gradually narrow the government’s budget deficit, Finance Chief...