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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.
Sipcor court ruling reverses ERC’s revocation on due process grounds, but expired permits and a signed rival deal block any real return to Siquijor.
Eli San Fernando presses Pagcor on influencer promotions during a budget hearing, exposing a Pagcor influencer accountability gap that fines never close.
Applications for Electronic Notary Public commissioning open August 10, and three accredited platforms now control access to every notarized act.
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Home Credit won a pay to enter award for customer service just five weeks after an SEC fine over unfair debt collection practices toward borrowers.
DOE’s solar installation permit exemption removes utility approval on small solar systems, cutting a control point some installers used to steer buyers.
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JV Ejercito wants an open bicam for the 2027 national budget, but the plenary stage where insertions can still legally happen stays fully untouched.
The Isko Moreno garbage fee is still blindsiding Manila businesses months later, and the one Supreme Court challenge to it was never decided on the merits.
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LTFRB fare hike petitions are back under review as diesel tops ₱93 per liter, confirming that March’s suspended fare hike solved nothing at all.
Diokno’s AI Governance Act pairs a labor notice mandate with a new compliance gate for AI data centers, adding risk to infrastructure already being built.
A declaratory relief filing produced a wage order TRO against NCR’s P85 hike, exposing a legal workaround every regional wage board now faces.
Every filing season, eBIRForms not working forces BIR into after the fact penalty waivers. The documentation burden lands entirely on the taxpayer.
DOLE’s Labor Advisory No. 12 requires a working child permit for any child under 15 who appears in monetized vlogs, livestreams, or online content.
Chiz Escudero’s gambling advertising ban protects Filipinos from predatory betting, but its exemptions favor operators with existing brand reach.
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The latest Meralco refund returns P9.5 billion in overrecoveries, the third such payout in four years, and the pattern says more than the payout does.
The NFA aging rice auction returns August 12 after four failed rounds, as a fixed pricing formula runs up against a rice stock that keeps getting older.
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Removing the system loss charge does not erase the cost. It shifts from ratepayer bills to strained subsidies, and cooperatives absorb it hardest.
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