The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued on Friday, April 4, 2025, a show cause order against lawyer Christian "Ian" Sia, who is running for Pasig lone district representative, asking him to explain why a complaint for election offense and/or a petition for disqualification should not be filed...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is prepared to deploy Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) as a contingency measure should the Supreme Court (SC) ask it to stop the implementation of a resolution on remote online voting for overseas Filipino voters. (MB file photo/Mark Balmores) "May 16,000 na...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) move to relax the rule on the single business group (SBG) investment limit will benefit conglomerates with multiple listed subsidiaries, such as the SM and Ayala groups, as well as the planned initial public offering (IPO) of GCash. Under the...
More than a month before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is taking on another herculean task: distributing over 60 million voter information sheets (VIS) to all registered voters nationwide. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia,...
In response to requests from fund managers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has relaxed the single business group (SBG) investment limit for equity funds, balanced funds, and multi-asset funds that have actual exposure to equity securities. The Commission on March 28 issued SEC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) to pay Filmetrics Corporation P47.2 million for the delivery and set up of the Biometric Data Service Facility (BDSF) in 2010. Filmetrics filed a petition for money claim against PhilPost due to the reported...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a data sharing agreement (DSA) on beneficial ownership information with the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) as part of efforts to combat illicit financial flows in the procurement process. The SEC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the P1.4 million in pension differentials claimed by the widow of a deceased officer of the then Integrated National Police (INP), now Philippine National Police (PNP). Danilo M. Garlitos was appointed patrolman in the INP on Sept. 15, 1974. He went through...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged artists and musicians on Monday, March 31, to file formal complaints against those who use their songs in their campaign without their permission. (MB file photo) This was after OPM band Lola Amour shared on Facebook that there were a lot of candidates...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (MANILA BULLETIN) True to his anti-corruption stance, senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is calling for the Commission on Audit (COA) to be given the power to initiate investigations and file cases against those...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) faces delays as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has deferred the rollout of several projects across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. In an ERC notice, the regulator noted that Group 3 capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, spanning 2020 to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said that it is expediting the process for electric cooperatives’ (ECs) power supply agreements (PSAs) before the start of summer. In an ambush interview with ERC chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta, she shared that regulators and the Department of Energy (DOE)...
