When Atty. Francis Saturnino “Nino” Juan took the helm of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in August 2025, he inherited an agency choked by years of delays. Its credibility was so bruised that power sector stakeholders approached progress not with hope, but with hardened, deliberately...
GMA Network Inc. is taking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to court to block the new regulation that forces long-serving independent directors to vacate their seats. In a petition for certiorari filed Thursday, March 26, with the Regional Trial Court of Makati, GMA sought to nullify...
The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has dismissed the quo warranto petition filed against Senator Erwin Tulfo that sought his removal from the Upper Chamber. In the resolution promulgated on March 2, 2026, the petition was dismissed for being insufficient in form. The petition was filed by Berteni...
Seven sporting greats will be enshrined into the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame, with a special ceremony fitting for heroes set on May 20 at a venue yet to be announced. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham...
Globe has turned over IMSI Catcher detectors over to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), to ramp up the effort to fight mobile scams in the country. IMSI Catchers is...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay on Tuesday, March 24, announced that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has recognized the city as the first local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines to champion 100 percent renewable energy utilization under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) and...
Starting this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be more stringent in ensuring that large corporations and publicly listed firms raise the bar in sustainability reporting to support market credibility. “This is why the SEC issued Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 16 in 2025. By...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is ready to face Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) broker-directors in court if they pursue a legal challenge against the commission’s proposed imposition of term limits for brokers sitting on the board of an exchange. “We ’ re not afraid to go to...
Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro, on Monday, March 23, defended President Marcos for appointing acting secretaries and not secretaries to lead several agencies of the government. Castro, in a press briefing, said the President "means no offense to the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the registration and operating license of Gul-Zara Lending Investor Corp. after the firm failed to meet mandatory reporting requirements and defied moratorium on new digital lending platforms. The corporate regulator’s Financing and Lending...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking formal counter-proposal from stockbrokers as tensions escalate over the plan to impose term limits on directors at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). SEC Chairman Francis Lim said that while he remains open to feedback from the Philippine...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the corporate registration of Dual Fuel Petroleum Corp. after finding the company illegally solicited investments from the public through a scheme that regulators likened to a Ponzi operation. In an order, the corporate regulator also imposed...
