The Office of the President (OP) was urged to cancel the ‘stay order’ issued on mining companies with pending suspension and closure orders. This as such move will not do anything for the Philippine economy. “We demand that the Office of the President immediately cancels this ‘Stay...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking public comments on the draft regulation that will set the fees for the use of the country’s unified and centralized national collateral registry. More two-years since the enactment of the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA), the draft regulation that...
State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has started extending loans to enterprises badly hit by the economic shock of the pandemic and earmarked interest subsidies to local government units (LGUs), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report submitted to the DOF, Emmanuel G....
State-lenders Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) received their largest capital infusions from the national government during the Duterte administration. In a statement, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the government infused a total of P53.3 billion...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants the newly reconstituted Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to meet at the earliest possible time to discuss the body’s expanded functions under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law. In a statement, Finance...
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the government plans to sell dollar bonds before interest rates rise, and will look for new revenue sources and ways to wind down debt next year. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (Photo credit: https://www.dof.gov.ph/about/secretarys-page/) “We...
The extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and nearly provinces will push more than 100,000 additional Filipinos into poverty as these stringent lockdowns are seen take a heavier toll on the economy, jobs and household income. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and...
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) has covered trillions worth of non-financial government assets such as roads, school buildings and power plants for inclusion in the National Asset Registry System (NARS), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said the...
Overseas Filipino Bank (OF Bank), a subsidiary of government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines, has become the country’s first online-only bank after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) granted it digital banking license on Maundy Thursday. BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier, head of BSP...
The notices of disallowance (NDs) on the tax credit certificates (TCCs) issued to several textile companies over a decade ago continue to pile up, with the Commission on Audit (COA) having invalidated so far close to P1.2 billion-worth of these illegal tax perks. The TCCs issued...
The government has issued the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11523, or the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act which will regulate the sale of non-performing assets of banks. The IRR was issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),...
Two economic managers have lauded the enactment of the government’s second tax reform program that will unleash one of the country’s largest stimulus measures, but a group also raised that the newly-signed law has succumbed to the “powerful lobby.” Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III...
