The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded government employees to exercise caution in their social media activities during the campaign period for the May 2025 elections. In Memorandum Circular No. 3 Series of 2025, CSC clarified that while government workers are allowed to engage with...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a show cause order against Nueva Ecija gubernatorial candidate Virgilio Bote to ask him to explain the remarks he made about a supposedly ailing poll bet in the province last April 3. Commission on Elections This show cause order was issued by the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "morally reprehensible" a smear political campaign that used a video of a 57-year-old woman with a psychological disability in Pasig City. The video showed the woman allegedly criticizing Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for his reported lack of...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) are simplifying the process of raising capital through the capital market by power generation and distribution companies to support their growth and expansion. The SEC and ERC formally launched the Securing and...
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc has cited the country's media as an "indispensable partner" in the fight against human rights abuses as he stressed the need to beef up the safety and protection of media workers in the pursuit of their jobs. "Media has been...
The country’s leading telecommunications group is calling on the government to establish a validated database to verify a person’s identity, instead of the proposed in-person appearance for SIM (subscriber identity module) registration. Last month, the National Telecommunications Commission...
Twenty former employees of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) or Veterans Golf Club (VGC) have been ordered paid by the Commission on Audit (COA) a total of P3.69 million for their accumulated vacation and sick leaves from 2004 to 2011. While 48 members of VMMC/VGC filed their petitions...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) issued another show cause order to Pasig City congressional candidate lawyer Christian "Ian" Sia for a remark he made during a campaign sortie on April 3. (Photo from Christian "Ian" Sia Facebook page) This is Sia's second show cause order from the poll...
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has moved to a fully online and paperless company registration process so that applicants will no longer have to submit hard copies of physically signed or notarized documents. The Commission on April 4 issued SEC Memorandum Circular No. 3,...
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...
