Public schools can now move forward with the staffing of newly created counselor positions after the Civil Service Commission (CSC) approved the qualifications for the posts under a law strengthening mental health services for students. The approved qualification standards (QS) cover Schools...
To improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of national economic data, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) have entered into a data-sharing agreement. Spearheaded by Finance Secretary Frederick...
Content creator Boss Toyo has apologized after drawing criticism over social media posts that many netizens viewed as casting doubt on veteran journalist Kara David 's "I-Witness" documentary about an illegal dumpsite in an Aeta ancestral domain in Subic, Zambales. The controversy began after...
Lopez Holdings Corporation and subsidiary First Philippine Holdings Corporation have again moved back the dates for their respective annual stockholders’ meetings amid the ongoing dispute between a majority of the Lopez family and their cousin Federico “Piki” Lopez. According to Lopez...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slapped a ₱1.1 million fine on Fast Coin Lending Corporation for engaging in unfair debt collection practices and imposing interest rates beyond legal limits. In an order, the SEC Financing and Lending Companies Department (FLCD) found Fast Coin...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing an overhaul of its regulations governing credit rating agencies to bolster the integrity of the local debt market and attract broader investor participation. In a draft memorandum circular released for public comment, the regulatory body...
Government agencies now have clearer rules on implementing a four-day compressed workweek after the Civil Service Commission (CSC) revised its policy on flexible work arrangements. Under the revised policy, agencies may allow employees to complete the required 40-hour workweek in four days instead...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease-and-desist order (CDO) against EF Easy Franchise Technological Ventures Inc., which counts popular show host Rene “RJ” Ledesma as a co-founder, to stop its illegal solicitation of investments from the public for so-called franchise...
If there is one thing that has united consumers in recent months, it is not a national holiday or a collective celebration: it is the shared shock and frustration of opening their electric bills. For the millions of subscribers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), every billing cycle has become an...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found a surge in quality management deficiencies among the nation’s largest accounting firms in its latest multiyear inspection cycle, even as individual corporate audits showed signs of improvement. The regulator’s 2026 SEC Oversight Assurance...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is exploring the imposition of higher tariffs by at least 13 percentage points (ppt) on certain rice imports from four of its major suppliers, including Vietnam, as a safeguard measure to mitigate the impact of rising imports on the domestic rice industry. Upon...
Pakistan, one of the Philippines’ top rice suppliers, has questioned whether the Philippine government is complying with global trade rules in its plan to impose safeguard measures to restrict rice imports and shield local farmers. During the Tariff Commission’s (TC) preliminary conference on...
