A Senate bill is seeking to provide mechanisms to make polling places readily available to PWDs, pregnant women, and indigenous people. Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 1698, titled “An Act Enhancing Accessibility in the Voting of Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities, Pregnant...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri sponsored on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Senate Bill No. 1823, a measure that resets the first regular Bangsamoro Parliament elections to the second Monday of September 2026 and every three years thereafter. “This is the fourth postponement, and it...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has penalized Global Dominion Financing Inc. for employing unfair and abusive debt collection practices through third-party agents amid tightening of oversight on the nation’s lending sector. In a formal order, the SEC’s Financing and Lending...
President Marcos will undertake a working visit to New York from March 8 to 11 to participate in United Nations (UN) engagements, Malacañang announced Monday, Feb. 9. In a press briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro announced that the President will attend...
Teachers seeking promotion through graduate studies remain vulnerable to enrolling in unaccredited or unauthorized programs, a problem that surfaced during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Senator Erwin Tulfo raised the issue during the hearing of the Committee on Civil Service, Government...
Billionaire Manuel B. Villar denied allegations of price manipulation and insider trading filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), describing the charges as baseless while vowing to defend his family’s business reputation. Villar, the Philippines’ richest person, said in a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed criminal charges against Villar Land Holdings Corp., its top executives, and related entities for alleged market manipulation and insider trading. In a complaint filed with the Department of Justice on Jan. 30, the regulator accused the company of...
Low-income households are set to receive a full discount on their monthly electricity bills under a new uniform subsidy structure aimed at streamlining relief for the country’s most vulnerable consumers. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced on Friday, Jan. 30, that qualified...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has overhauled the guidelines governing the registration of qualified buyers for private stock placements, moving to standardize how banks and brokerages vet high-net-worth investors. The corporate regulator issued Memorandum Circular No. 5, Series of...
Addressing the country 's educational crisis would require unity, determination, and consistency, President Marcos said. The President, who personally delivered his speech for the first time in a week, received the final report detailing the three-year findings on the current state of...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has raised a “constitutional alarm,” warning that the continued designation of several Cabinet officials in an acting capacity undermines constitutional checks and balances and weakens accountability in government. In a privilege speech delivered on Wednesday, January...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) mourned the passing of James B. Jimenez, former Spokesperson of the poll body, on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Jimenez also served as Director IV of the Education and Information Department of the Commission, who served the institution and the Filipino people with...
