Policy & Regulation

minimum wage increase
₱200 Minimum Wage Increase Meets a Board Built to Moderate
Labor pressed for a ₱200 minimum wage increase at the NCR wage board, the one body built to keep raises...
banking system resilience
BPI's Outage Tests Banking System Resilience
The BPI outage triggered a BSP supervisory review days before the Circular 1213 deadline. Banking system...
guarantee letter ban
The Guarantee Letter Ban Removed the Signature, Not the Politician.
The guarantee letter ban took the politician's name off public medical aid but left the instrument alive...
corn import quota
DA Picks the Corn Import Quota Over Tariff Reform
The DA wants to more than double the corn import quota to 500,000 MT, a discretionary route that hands...
PhilHealth 24-hour rule
PhilHealth 24-Hour Rule Denies What Its Exception Covers
The PhilHealth 24-hour rule denied a 25-year contributor's claim for a case its own emergency benefit...
domestic top-up tax
The DOF wants Domestic Top-Up Tax, Reprices Philippine Incentives
The domestic top-up tax keeps the 15 percent global minimum in Manila, but it quietly retires the tax...
FOI bill
The FOI Bill Heads to Bicam. The Fight Is Enforcement.
The FOI bill cleared the Senate and nears House approval, but the real fight is enforcement. Who holds...
data breach sharing liability
Data Breach Sharing Liability Starts at the Share Button
The NPC's cybersecurity incident notice extends data breach sharing liability beyond IT teams to social...
Japan tax treaty
The New Japan Tax Treaty Favors Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
The new Japan tax treaty halves dividend withholding for parents owning at least 90 percent of their...
Bureau of Immigration 2
$4 Travel Fee Is Not Just an Added Charge
The $4 travel fee shifts border infrastructure financing off the annual budget and onto a captive base...
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