"Don't ever misjudge our resolve to enforce with such might our election laws." This was the stern warning of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia against candidates who think that the poll body will not be strict in enforcing its rules as the campaign period of the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is poised to sustain the suspension of the P0.0364 per kilowatt hour (kWh) feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) line item in the electric bills until the end of the year, hence, providing slight relief in the pockets of all ratepayers especially during the high...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to begin a collaborative partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for the Digital Security and Privacy Quick Response (DSPQR) Project. National Privacy Commission (NPC)/...
The local government of Davao City "inappropriately charged" P6.4 million against the 20 percent Development Fund (DF) for 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its compliance audit report. The DF "is a required allocation of the LGUs (local government units) out of their respective annual...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the results of the October 2023 Veterinarians Licensure Examination (VMLE) on Tuesday, Oct. 17, with 92 out of 985 examinees passing the test. Photo credit to PRC Juridico Babiano of the De La Salle-Araneta University (DLSAU) topped the board...
The Social Security System (SSS) has returned to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) P5.7 billion unutilized fund for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program of the Department of Finance (DOF) to help small business employers and employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its Peformance Audit...
Civil Service Commission (Facebook) The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced that the next Career Service Examination (CSE) for Foreign Service Officer (FSO) will be held on Jan. 28, 2024. CSC said the application deadline for this examination is Oct. 20. The CSE-FSO is administered jointly by...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has thumbed down the plea of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for amendments in the rules for transmission rate-setting. The regulatory body has rendered that decision based on the petition of the transmission firm that was lodged in...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be pursuing a ‘comprehensive study’ to assess the impact as well as technical intricacies in the power system if the threshold for retail competition in the restructured electricity sector will be brought down to 100 kilowatts (kW) from currently at...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning the public against dealing with a firm posing as the country’s oldest conglomerate Ayala Corporation and two other firms due to their unauthorized solicitation of investments without the necessary license from the SEC. In an advisory, the...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano says he is standing by the leadership of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, which the Commission on Audit (COA)...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the withdrawal of application for the power supply agreements (PSA) that had been jointly agreed to be terminated by parties-in-interest Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the subsidiary-companies of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMGP) of the...
