REVENUE collections improved in the first five months of the year, and the government is optimistic of meeting this year's target, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Friday.

The Finance chief told reporters that revenues for the January-May period totaled P1.593 trillion, P155.6 billion, or 10.83 percent higher compared to the year-earlier P1.437 trillion.

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