Tag: inclusive growth

Dominguez: Massive infra program, comprehensive tax reform to drive PHL inclusive growth

(Eagle News) – Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has said the administration’s “massive infrastructure program” and comprehensive tax reform package would drive the inclusive growth of the country. According to Dominguez, the first element was indispensable as the Philippines for decades has lagged behind its neighbors in economic investments, grappling with a debt overhang. Dominguez was apparently referring to the Build, Build, Build program of the Duterte administration. Under the program, the government […]

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Aquino boasts of economic achievements at APEC meet; praises Cebu Action Plan

(Eagle News) — President Aquino on Thursday (Sept. 10) told finance ministers attending the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Cebu province of the Philippine experience in mounting an economic turn-around that the government under his watch was able to do, and equated this to the promise of economic prosperity that APEC brings. Addressing the start of the two-day APEC Finance Ministers Meeting at the Shangrila Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, the President boasted of his administration’s achievements […]

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Palace defends initiatives to attain inclusive growth, long-term reforms

MANILA, Aug. 7 — The government must sustain a high growth trajectory in the coming years to realize the goals of the righteous path being championed by the administration, a Palace official said on Thursday. Commenting on observations made during the Ateneo Eagle Watch Mid-Year Briefing 2015 that the Aquino government’s weakness is its lack of long-term vision, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has described his concrete vision […]

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