Following the first-quarter 2025 launch of retail aggregation switches, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced a partnership between both Ayala-led ACEN Corp. and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) for the latter to switch its facilities to the retail aggregation program (RAP). This...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has asked Mataas na Kahoy town Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan explain on Monday, April 7 his controversial remarks about rival Batangas gubernatorial candidate and former actress Vilma Santos-Recto. Mataas na Kahoy Vice Mayor Jay Ilagan (Photo from Jay Manalo Ilagan...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued a show cause order against Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia over his derogatory remarks against nurses during a campaign event last April 3. Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia. (Screenshot from Peter "Sr. Pedro" Unabia Facebook page) Comelec's...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental to pay Limar's Medical Supplies Trading P245,917.50 for the medicines and vaccines the city government purchased in 2020. Limar's Trading, through its proprietor John-jay S. Ramil, filed a petition for money claim...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has warned against red-tagging and the airing of sexist remarks during the campaigns for the 2025 elections as it urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to enforce strictly the rules on election offenses. In a statement, the commission said: "The CHR...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) So disgusted was Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre with Pasig congressional candidate Christian “Ian” Sia's lewd joke about single mothers that he appealed to city folk not to vote for the latter....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concerns over the plight of Filipinos who are being trafficked to Myanmar to work in scam hubs with little or no pay, in dire living conditions, and subjected to sexual abuse. In a statement, the CHR raised the alarm against human trafficking...
With more than a month left before the May 2025 midterm polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) to Mindanao. Commission on Elections (Comelec) starts on Friday, April 4, delivering the first batch of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced that nearly 1,000 regulatory processes were approved and issued during the first quarter of 2025. In a statement, the ERC said it approved during the January-to-March period 14 power supply agreements (PSAs), 977 certificates of compliance (COCs),...
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...
