Finance chief Recto unveils ambitious target: P4.3T revenue this year

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 01/13/2024

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, newly in his Cabinet role, aims to generate P4.3 trillion in revenue this year. The focus is on enhancing social services, generating jobs, and sustaining economic recovery despite the ongoing pandemic impact. The…

Cebu City EOC recommends guidelines for BPOs’ return to work on-site

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center or EOC is recommending to Mayor Michael Rama a new set of guidelines for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) for their return to work-on-site set-up. The BPOs are…

DOF: COVID-19 vaccine loans only P58.5 billion

Ben O. de Vera - Reporter / @bendeveraINQ 03/21/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) on Sunday reiterated that multilateral loans in the pipeline to buy COVID-19 vaccines only amounted to $1.2 billion or about P58.5 billion to date, contrary to a senator’s erroneous…

DOF seeks return of P33B ‘parked’ in PITC to gov’t coffers – Drilon

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 11/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) is seeking the return of some P33 billion “parked” in the coffers of the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) to the national government. This was according to Senate Minority…

$4B in additional loans for COVID-19 response underway

Ben O. de Vera 08/28/2020

At least a dozen more loans worth a total of $4.02 billion (over P195 billion) will be secured by the Philippines this year and in 2021 to finance response to and recovery from the health and socioeconomic…

DOF firm on listing, taxing online sellers

Ben O. de Vera 06/13/2020

The Department of Finance (DOF) did not buckle to calls not to force online sellers to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and pay taxes while the country is battling the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

CHED to DOF: Spare free college tuition fund from budget cuts

Inquirer.net 10/18/2018

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday said it will ask the Department of Finance (DOF) to spare the free college education program from budget cuts due to the potential reduction of revenues from the impending…

Train gets broad support

Inquirer.net 09/03/2017

Duterte’s tax reforms THE proposed revenue package of the Duterte administration —dubbed the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (Train)—has gained “overwhelming support” both locally and abroad because of its provisions that will make the tax…

Biazon: ‘Premature’ to seek BOC replacement

Inquirer.net 09/03/2017

IT may be “premature” for the House of Representatives’ dangerous drugs committee to seek the replacement of the Bureau of Customs in response to the smuggling of P6.4-billion worth of shabu (crystal meth) in May. This was…

Tumulak: No pyro outlets in malls

Inna Mejia 12/16/2016

WITH only a few days before Christmas, Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak announced that selling firecrackers inside malls and other establishments is no longer allowed. Tumulak said that according to the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1,…

‘Qualified’ OFWs may send tax-free ‘balikbayan’ boxes soon

12/11/2016

Good news for overseas Filipino workers sending home balikbayan boxes to their loved ones. The Bureau of Customs and the Department of Finance have signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) prescribing the guidelines on duty- and…

Cuevas retained as city treasurer for another six months

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 09/03/2015

Days before leaving   for Indonesia, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama confirmed that the Department of Finance extended City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas’s tenure for another six months. “As of today Cuevas is our city treasurer,” Rama told reporters. …

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