(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen led by House Speaker Martin Romualdez have jointly filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the stoppage of the payment of hundreds of retired Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel's...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is studying the possibility of disqualifying candidates who will fail to make use of biodegradable materials in their campaign activities. This was according to Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, who recently wrote to the Comelec En Banc regarding the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned bond offering of Megawide Construction Corporation worth up to P5 billion. In its meeting on June 18, the Commission En Banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of Megawide covering up to P4 billion of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has attested to the capability of Miru Systems as a poll system provider following its recent visit to Seoul, South Korea, where it observed the facility that is expected to produce 110,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) for the upcoming 2025 national and...
Senators on Tuesday, June 18, have asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) not to simply make excuses but to be more proactive in addressing what can be called a "text scam pandemic" that is paralyzing the country's systems. This was after the NTC said in a statement that the SIM...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Malabon City government over its P2.183 billion "unreliable" year-end balance of Cash in Bank (CIB) and the P4.265 billion Property, Plant, and Equipment (PPE) accounts. In letter to Malabon City Mayor Jeannie N. Sandoval, COA said: " The accuracy,...
Government disbursing officers should not be allowed to retire or resign their posts without clearance for their money, property, and other accountabilities, the Commision on Audit (COA) said. This was pointed out by COA in its 2023 annual audit report on Looc town in Occidental Mindoro....
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo asked the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) to conduct a fair investigation on the allegations against her which she called untrue and baseless. Lawyers of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo—Atty. Lorelie M. Santos and Atty. Yvette Dawn P. Gianan...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday, June 17, denounced a video circulating online that shows a child undergoing circumcision. Photo from Unsplash “The privacy and dignity of our children must be safeguarded at all costs,” said the NPC in a statement after it came to their attention...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed its second money laundering case against Silverlion Livestock Trading Corp. for its allegedly illegal solicitation of investments from the public. A joint complaint was filed last June 4 by the SEC and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded all local government units (LGUs) to insure with the General Insurance Fund (GIF) of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) all their property, plant and equipment (PPE) to assure indemnification for damages or losses on account of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against the hiring of job order (JO) personnel -- contractual or casual employees -- without specific policy guidelines that would determine their actual performance during their work duration. In its annual audit...
