Following the Philippines ' removal from the global money-laundering watchlist, also known as the grey list, in February 2025, the European Commission has also removed the country from its list of high-risk jurisdictions. While some developing were added to the list including Algeria, Angola,...
On the last session day of the 19th Congress, the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the ad interim appointment of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Ramon Pangilinan...
Public policy group Infrawatch PH is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to close enforcement gaps on unlicensed crypto exchanges amid the recent launch of the Commission’s strategic surveillance and enforcement sandbox (StratBox). The group said that while StratBox marks...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued new rules to regulate the marketing, issuance, and trading of crypto-assets, as well as the registration and operation of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) in the country. The commission stated that these rules are designed to strike a...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) approved on Tuesday, June 10 the ad interim appointments of Ma. Norina Tangaro-Casingal and Noli Rafol Pipo as commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This was after the powerful appointments body’s Committee on Constitutional Commission and...
New Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Francis Ed. Lim President aims to transform the commission into “a no-nonsense regulator—firm when necessary, but always fair, efficient, reliable, and professional.” Lim officially took over on June 10, 2025, from Emilio B. Aquino after...
The 'hotness ' of the Philippines for renewable energy investments may be losing its sizzle. Some foreign investors are now quietly slipping out the back door, leaving behind whispers of uncertainty, a trail of unanswered questions about what went wrong, and a half-empty plate of missed...
The Makati City Regional Trial Court has upheld the conviction of the officers of the delisted Calata Corporation for making misleading statements about its supposed Mactan Leisure City project, which led to a surge in the trading of its shares in 2016. In a consolidated order dated May 19, Branch...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) credited outgoing Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino for championing reforms that paved the way toward a more business-friendly and innovative corporate sector and efficient capital market. “When I started my term, I envisioned an SEC that empowers...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered 22 generation companies (GenCos) to justify the reason behind their derating power plants so far this year. According to the ERC on Thursday, June 5, these GenCos must submit within seven days from the receipt of the letters to explain why their...
GCash will now provide Filipino investors with access to the largest global stocks, following the Securities and Exchange Commission 's (SEC) approval of the fintech 's regulatory sandbox for its stock trading service. “This initiative marks a pioneering step toward making global...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) boasts of a seven-year streak in receiving a good housekeeping mark from the Commission on Audit (COA), with unmodified opinions for its financial statements, under the leadership of Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino. The Commission on June 2 received...
