Philippines targets extra 20 bln USD for public investments with tax reforms
MANILA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — The Philippine government is eyeing an additional 1 trillion pesos (20.7 billion U.S. dollars) for public investments annually with comprehensive tax reform measures that it has been pushing in Congress, a senior government official said Monday. Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said if this is achieved, some 10 million Filipinos could be freed… Read more »