Senator Loren Legarda has reiterated the need to raise the literacy levels of young Filipinos and instill cultural pride among them. At the launch of Wikaharian 2, Legarda said it is important to prepare the country’s youth for global competitiveness by ensuring they can read, understand, and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Convenience Cash Lending Corporation to stop operating its unregistered lending activities, including those under the names Zada Cash and Bloom Cash. In a cease and desist order (CDO) issued on May 27, the SEC Financing and Lending Companies...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is making access to corporate data more affordable by slashing the prescribed fees and charges for requests for corporate documents by half starting July 1. The Commission on June 24 issued Memorandum Circular No. 6, Series of 2025, providing for the...
Outgoing Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Thursday, June 26, that he would bring up before the Supreme Court the Commission on Elections ' (Comelec) ruling that allowed the proclamation of Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro as Marikina City’s 1st District representative and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc reversed the First Division 's ruling cancelling the Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro 's Certificate of Candidacy (COC), also lifting the suspension order of his proclamation. Teodoro garnered the most votes for the city 's 1st District...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has expanded its retail aggregation program (RAP) to include schools, allowing educational institutions to consolidate their electricity demand and choose their own power suppliers. In a statement, ERC said that SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and Aboitiz-led...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has authorized five power developers to build, own, and operate their own point-to-point (P2P) limited transmission facilities. In a notice, ERC said these facilities will enable five power firms’ renewable energy (RE) projects to connect to the grid via the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued new rules requiring financing and lending firms to have landline numbers and fixed addresses to which they can be reached to ensure accountability and their legitimacy. Under the new rules, the name of the company and its address must match those...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced that average generation rates charged by distribution utilities (DUs) decreased in May amid stable prices in the electricity spot market. Preliminary data from the ERC showed that the monthly average generation rate for the National Capital Region...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has declared outgoing Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Benny Abante Jr. the duly elected member of the House of Representatives for the sixth district of Manila. This was after the Second Division granted Abante 's petition seeking to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division, voting 2-1, granted the petition seeking to cancel the registration of the Duterte Youth Party-list, which ranked second in the May 2025 polls. In the resolution dated June 18, 2025, petitioners Reeya Beatrice Magtalas, Abigal Aleli tan,...
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly undertake programs that will help overseas Filipinos become active participants in the Philippine capital markets. PSE President and CEO Ramon S. Monzon...
