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...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is set to produce a training facility intended for power plant operations in Olango Island in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. (Photo from TESDA / MANILA BULLETIN) TESDA said that Secretary Isidro Lapeña and SPC Island Power Corporation (SIPC)...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa disclosed that vital witnesses might attend the Senate’s second hearing on the case of the 31 online cockfighting enthusiasts who have gone missing on Friday, March 4. In an interview on CNN Philippines, Dela Rosa said one vital witness, who was with a group of...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Believing that public office is a public trust requires one to search for integrity and honesty among the presidential candidates offering themselves to the Filipino electorate. William J. Bennett’s New York Times best-selling The Book of Virtues should...
Polling firm Publicus Asia has released the results of the election survey for mayor and vice mayor in the 17 local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR). The firm’s Pahayag NCR Election Tracker Survey is an independent and non-commissioned poll conducted by Publicus Asia...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino questioned the motive of Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) after the latter filed a “statement of appeal” with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) regarding its rift with world-class pole vaulter EJ...
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...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña is hoping the next administration would commercialize and utilize the results of government-funded research and development (R&D). DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy' de la Peña (Photo from DOST) "Iyan ang...
Senatorial candidate Monsour Del Rosario on Wednesday bewailed the death of a promising Taekwondo athlete who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Quezon City. monsdelros “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Mark Joseph Crisostomo, 19 years old, student, and Taekwondo player. My family and...
The Pasig City local government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with One Meralco Foundation (OMF) and the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH) for the grant of medical scholarship to aspiring medical students in the city on Tuesday, March 1. The medical scholarship offers an...
"A father's love will never fail you." Going viral over the weekend was government employee John Mark Casiño's Facebook post. On Feb. 27, around 8:00 p.m., he came across a father and his son in Angel's Burger stand along Cogon Market, Cagayan de Oro City. "It was my first time seeing them...
