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KEY interest rates could be lowered by as much as 100 basis points (bps) this year, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Monday, with monetary authorities matching or even exceeding expected US Federal Reserve rate cuts.
MANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Ralph Recto is not opposing the calls to ban Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) firms as the sector gets the spotlight anew because of embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo.
MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla took home the biggest paycheck among the Cabinet members of President Marcos in 2023, latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA) showed.
(UPDATE) THE Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of former Batangas representative Ralph Recto as Finance secretary.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed new Department of Finance (DoF) officials following a top-level revamp earlier this year.
MANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Ralph Recto in all likelihood will breeze through his confirmation process on Wednesday, having been a former senator who used to be a member of the Commission on Appointments.
MANILA, Philippines — The planned legal merger of the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is no longer pushing through as Finance Secretary Ralph Recto deviates yet again from his predecessor.
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Legal Counsel, Secretary Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile, better known as JPE – former assemblyman, minister of defense, senator, congressman (representing the 1st District of Cagayan province), Senate president and the first and longest-serving and STILL breathing oldest public official on planet Earth and probably the entire universe – is celebrating his 100th birthday today.
MANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Ralph Recto is not inclined to impose additional consumption-based taxes such as on junk food and sweetened beverages as these measures can be inflationary, while the debt level remains manageable and does not warrant extra burden on Filipinos.