The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, March 3, announced that the application to CHED Scholarship Program (CSP) for incoming first-year college students for Academic Year (AY) 2022-2023 will be “temporarily” suspended. (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CHED, in an...
Out of the 1,211 individuals who took the Feb. 2022 Social Worker Licensure Examination, only 533 have passed, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday, March 3. PRC / Manila Bulletin) According to PRC, the exam was given by the Board of Social Workers in Manila, Baguio,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Negros Occidental-based RGS World Marketing Corporation to stop operating its illegal investment scheme targeting investors in Western Visayas. In an order, the Commission En Banc directed RGS World to immediately cease and desist from...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has tightened good governance rules by barring from sitting in a corporation’s board those convicted for offenses punishable by imprisonment of over six years. In a statement, the SEC said this new rue is in line with its commitment to ensure good...
Poll watchdog group Kontra Daya said it has flagged at least 120 out of 177 party-list groups for being identified with political clans and big businesses, as well as for having incumbent local officials, connections with the government and military, unknown or unclear advocacies and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will partner with Democracy Watch Philippines to promote voter education among Filipino youth and first-time voters in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec and Democracy Watch Philippines will formally sign an agreement on Friday, March 4 in Intramuros,...
Do not burn our votes. Running priest Fr. Robert Reyes issued this call to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, March 2. Running priest Fr. Robert Reyes calls on Comelec commissioners to respect the integrity of the elections.(Ali Vicoy) In an activity held outside the Comelec...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a memorandum circular that puts a cap on interest rates and other fees imposed by lending and financing companies, and their online lending platforms (OLPs). SEC Memorandum Circular No. 3, Series of 2022 (SEC MC 3), which will take effect on...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that passers of the Sanitary Engineers Licensure Examination will have their online oathtaking on March 8. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory, PRC said the online oathtaking at 1 p.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Tacloban through Microsoft...
With the recent retirement of three of its officials, the remaining members of the former Commission on Elections (Comelec) First and Second Divisions are given 45 days to dispose of pending cases. Comelec/MB The Comelec has been constantly updating its own Rules of Procedure to ensure an...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, Feb. 28, said the campaign guidelines are responsive to the alert level of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF). Comelec/MB "Our guidelines are calibrated. Its responsive to the changes in the alert level of the Inter Agency Tssk Force (IATF)," Comelec...
What will happen to the paper that presidential candidates used in the debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)? Comelec/MB Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said it will be preserved. "If they are scribbling notes on that it will not be thrown away afterwards. That is literally...
