Twenty former employees of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) or Veterans Golf Club (VGC) have been ordered paid by the Commission on Audit (COA) a total of P3.69 million for their accumulated vacation and sick leaves from 2004 to 2011. While 48 members of VMMC/VGC filed their petitions...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued another show cause order to Pasig City congressional candidate lawyer Christian "Ian" Sia for a remark he made during a campaign sortie on April 3. (Photo from Christian "Ian" Sia Facebook page) This is Sia's second show cause order from the poll...
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has moved to a fully online and paperless company registration process so that applicants will no longer have to submit hard copies of physically signed or notarized documents. The Commission on April 4 issued SEC Memorandum Circular No. 3,...
Following the first-quarter 2025 launch of retail aggregation switches, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced a partnership between both Ayala-led ACEN Corp. and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) for the latter to switch its facilities to the retail aggregation program (RAP). This...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked Mataas na Kahoy town Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan explain on Monday, April 7 his controversial remarks about rival Batangas gubernatorial candidate and former actress Vilma Santos-Recto. Mataas na Kahoy Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan (Photo from Jay Manalo Ilagan...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued a show cause order against Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia over his derogatory remarks against nurses during a campaign event last April 3. Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia. (Screenshot from Peter "Sr. Pedro" Unabia Facebook page) Comelec's...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental to pay Limar's Medical Supplies Trading P245,917.50 for the medicines and vaccines the city government purchased in 2020. Limar's Trading, through its proprietor John-jay S. Ramil, filed a petition for money claim...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has warned against red-tagging and the airing of sexist remarks during the campaigns for the 2025 elections as it urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce strictly the rules on election offenses. In a statement, the commission said: "The CHR...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) So disgusted was Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre with Pasig congressional candidate Christian “Ian” Sia's lewd joke about single mothers that he appealed to city folk not to vote for the latter....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concerns over the plight of Filipinos who are being trafficked to Myanmar to work in scam hubs with little or no pay, in dire living conditions, and subjected to sexual abuse. In a statement, the CHR raised the alarm against human trafficking...
With more than a month left before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) to Mindanao. Commission on Elections (Comelec) starts on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced that nearly 1,000 regulatory processes were approved and issued during the first quarter of 2025. In a statement, the ERC said it approved during the January-to-March period 14 power supply agreements (PSAs), 977 certificates of compliance (COCs),...
