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The Philippine government is set to develop climate-resilient communities in Tawi-Tawi using $10 million from the Adaptation Fund to finance a project focused on improving water supply, access and management.

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A number of good news and beautiful reports that I read this week. See these stories in The Philippine STAR: “ No new taxes to be imposed, says DOF” (April 29), ‘Too early to tinker with growth targets’ (April 29), “Tax revenues hit P932 billion in Q1” (April 30).

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The Department of Finance has rolled out new regulations aimed at simplifying access to tax incentives for education-related initiatives, in a bid to attract more private sector investments in the country’s human capital development.

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The Department of Finance has cut by half its privatization goal this year to P50 billion as part of efforts to generate revenues and widen the limited fiscal space without raising new taxes.

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Finance Secretary Ralph Recto stressed the government’s move to employ unused funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) aimed to ease the national debt burden and aide economic recovery without resorting to new taxes or securing additional loans.

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The Department of Finance has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the refund of value-added tax (VAT) on local goods purchased by tourists in a bid to promote the Philippines as a shopping destination.

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The Philippine government is set to develop climate-resilient communities in Tawi-Tawi using $10 million from the Adaptation Fund to finance a project focused on improving water supply, access and management.

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[DatePublished] => 2025-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136631 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1806000 [AuthorName] => Bienvenido Oplas Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2437839 [Title] => DOF streamlines tax perks for education [Summary] =>

The Department of Finance has rolled out new regulations aimed at simplifying access to tax incentives for education-related initiatives, in a bid to attract more private sector investments in the country’s human capital development.

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The Department of Finance has cut by half its privatization goal this year to P50 billion as part of efforts to generate revenues and widen the limited fiscal space without raising new taxes.

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Finance Secretary Ralph Recto stressed the government’s move to employ unused funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) aimed to ease the national debt burden and aide economic recovery without resorting to new taxes or securing additional loans.

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The Department of Finance has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the refund of value-added tax (VAT) on local goods purchased by tourists in a bid to promote the Philippines as a shopping destination.

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