Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Tuesday, Feb. 4 that the bicameral conference committee has approved setting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) polls on Oct. 13. "Ang inadopt five months, October 13 ang halalan, pumayag ang kamara. May mga...
More Filipinos are going into business, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting record-high registrations of new companies in 2024. In a statement, the SEC said registrations for new companies hit an all-time high last year on the back of innovative and advanced digital...
Philreca Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus (left), Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (PPAB) The Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) past "failure" to carry out a timely rate reset--which had been detrimental to...
Despite the Commission on Elections (Comelec) granting of an exemption to P882 million for the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), it has yet to receive the implementation guidelines from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). en. Imee Marcos, during...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is hoping that the two new poll commissioners that will be appointed by President Marcos will be knowledgeable about the challenges and issues faced by the poll body, especially with the upcoming May 2025 polls. "Ang pinaka-importante...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) over the more than P615 million "overpayments" of pension benefits to 7,210 deceased pensioners from 2014 to 2023. In its audit report, the COA thumbed down what it called as "long-outstanding and uncollected...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned issuance of up to ₱1.6 billion worth of commercial papers by Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR), the listed company of the Alcantara Group. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said it had...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended the filing of charges by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) against contractors for delays in the implementation of irrigation contracts and projects worth P2.04 billion. The recommendation was made as COA disclosed that the delays have...
Director General Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. (Facebook) Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Director General Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. leads the list of 319 presidential appointees awaiting confirmation from the powerful Commission on...
The competition in the country’s free television industry has severely weakened since the non-renewal of ABS-CBN Corp.'s franchise in 2020, according to a new study by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). The study titled “Blocktiming Practices in the Philippine Free TV Industry.”...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) favored the establishment of a Forensic Institute in the country to increase the number of forensic pathologists who can help law enforcers in solving crimes and addressing human rights violations. Supported by the CHR was the passage of Senate Bill (SB) No....
The extent of postponing the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) polls is still up for discussion by the Senate and the House of Representatives in a brewing discussion of the bicameral conference committee next week. The Senate earlier approved its own version...
