Tag: Department of Finance (DOF)
2.16M JOBLESS FILIPINOS SEND JAN UNEMPLOYMENT TO 4.3%
Rate down from 4.5% yr-earlier, up from 3.1% in Dec
More than 2 million Filipinos among the workforce found no job in January this year, driving...
PH ready to ink $1B World Bank loan for agri-fishery
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is set to sign in July the $1-billion Philippine Sustainable Agricultural Transformation (PSAT) loan program with the World Bank.
PSAT is...
PhilHealth ‘excess funds’ went to health, social services — DOF
At least 78 percent or P46.61 billion of the P60 billion in “excess funds” remitted by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the National Treasury went to...
PH open to lowering tariff on US cars under FTA – Recto
The Philippine government is open to slashing import tariffs on United States-made vehicles if a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries is established,...
EU grants €16.5M to improve PH justice, economic security
The Philippines has secured a 16.5 million euro grant, or about P1 billion, from the European Union (EU) for a program that aims to...
