The current administration is looking to expand the country’s tax base amid “poor” value-added tax collection, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Tuesday.

While Consunji-led DMCI Holdings saw “signs of recovery” for its construction business, its order book still dropped to ₱42.4 billion in the first quarter, blamed on the deletion of one part from its original multibillion-peso North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) contract.

Suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves called for an investigation into the planned joint venture deal between Prime Media Holdings, Inc., a listed company supposedly led by House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and former broadcast giant ABS-CBN.