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Policy & Regulation
Analysis of policy and regulatory shifts, compliance tightening, and policy decisions that reshape industries and rewrite the rules of participation. Focused on structural consequences, not headlines.
DFA passport fee increase now sits with the Senate, and it traces back to a single supplier holding leverage over national document pricing.
Lifting the Wage Order NCR-27 injunction would restore an ₱85 wage floor overnight, but DOLE has not explained how it reconciles with NCR-28.
Gambling brand sponsorship now reaches a Cabinet-rank poverty office and NCAA collegiate sports, with no disclosure rule addressing either arrangement.
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The bank secrecy law complaint dismissal against AMLC officials and lawmakers shifts Carpio’s case to the Ombudsman, leaving the disclosure unresolved.
The BIR audit reform limits audits to one per taxpayer a year, but the system built to police examiners may soften real enforcement.
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Romualdez hospital detention exposed how little the Sandiganbayan requires to keep a plunder suspect out of a jail cell, and why that gap outlives one case.
BSP rural bank digitalization program offers free core banking software, but only to banks that already completed a specific consolidation track.
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Wage Order NCR-28 delivers a ₱60 wage hike for Metro Manila workers while the larger NCR-27 increase stays frozen by a Pasig court injunction.
The BSP rate hike El Niño rationale collides with DA’s resilience push, raising financing costs for the exact drought adaptation the country now needs.
The ERC’s system loss VAT exclusion removes a tax that recovered nothing, leaving the actual system loss charge and its real cost exactly where it was.
BIR’s audit the auditor system reviews examiner computations and procedure, but leaves the original taxpayer selection completely unquestioned.
The SEC auditor accreditation overhaul limits Group A status to firms with zero deficiencies, narrowing the field of eligible auditors.
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New BIR audit selection criteria flag ordinary sales, asset, and affiliate patterns for automatic review, treating compliant businesses like evaders.
DOE’s new EV charging station mandate forces building owners to install chargers few Filipinos say they want, with condos absorbing the retrofit cost.
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The LTFRB chairman suspended by the Ombudsman kept a costly legacy IT system running for years, and the ₱13.3 billion bill landed on ordinary motorists.
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