The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported 43,185 new corporate registrations as of the end of October, reflecting sustained entrepreneurial activity despite a slight dip from the previous year. According to the SEC, the figure is 5.4 percent lower than the 45,624 registrations recorded...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is giving entrepreneurs an online platform that allows them to simulate the company registration process as part of efforts to make it easier to do business in the country. The Commission said it has launched Company Registration Simulation, a feature...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved 16 rental pool deals of Sta. Lucia Land Inc. (SLI), processed under the streamlined guidelines for Securing and Expanding Capital in Real Estate Non-Traditional Securities (SEC RENT). The Commission En Banc, in a meeting on Nov. 25, resolved...
With just a month left in 2025, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is moving to wrap up several major pending regulatory cases. In an interview, ERC Chairperson Francis Saturnino Juan listed unresolved matters concerning the grid, transmission, and energy storage systems (ESS). “The major...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Political Finance and Affairs Department (PFAD) finds no evidence to support a complaint against Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero and Centerways Construction and Development Inc. President Lawrence Lubiano over the latter 's P30 million campaign...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday, Nov. 25, disputed the claim of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that its personnel underwent proper training in Israel in 2023 for the use of two major components of the agency’s ICT Modernization Project, the GSM Active and Passive Monitoring...
Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has called on lawmakers to expedite the passage of Senate Bill No. 1547 or the bill seeking the establishment of the Justice Reform Commission. Pangilinan said passage of the measure into law would help ease the public’s mounting anger over the multi-billion...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned ₱5-billion sustainability-linked bond offering of Cebu Landmasters Inc., representing the third and last tranche of securities registered under its shelf registration of ₱15-billion debt securities program. In a disclosure to...
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has partnered with the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) to collaborate on developing their respective capital markets. The two agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) came out as the country’s public-sector “Paper-less Champion” for saving nearly 217 million pages of paper through its online platforms that digitalized company registration and reports submission. Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)...
Ramon Ang-led Petron Corp. is moving forward with plans to connect its 184.4-megawatt (MW) Refinery Solid Fuel-Fired Boiler (RSFFB) project to the national grid by developing its own point-to-point facilities. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved Petron’s application to own and develop...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has officially assumed the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), following the handover ceremony earlier this month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Taking the helm from the...
