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Comelec probes discrepancy in mock polls canvassing

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 02:57 PM

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has yet to determine the cause of a discrepancy between transmitted and canvassed voter turnout in a voting center that participated in Thursday’s nationwide mock elections, an official said. Read more »

Comelec encounters minor glitches at mock elections

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 10:47 AM

Poor internet connection and bad weather were some of the minor glitches that the Comelec experienced during its conduct of mock polls in the country. Read more »

China’s internet censors suspend top influencers

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 17 02:43 PM

China’s internet watchdog shut down or suspended more than 20,000 influential social media accounts in 2021 – some with tens of millions of followers amassed over many years – for reasons that ranged from 'misuse' to not promoting 'core socialist' values. Read more »

China's discipline campaign on pop culture covers celebrities' acts on social media

Coco Feng, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 24 12:45 PM

China’s top internet watchdog has introduced regulations that strictly limit what celebrities, their agents and even fans can do on social media, as Beijing continues its campaign to discipline pop culture and fan clubs. Read more »

Watchdogs sa vote simulation, may mga suhestiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 08:23 PM

May ilang obserbasyon at panukala ang ilang election watchdogs sa ginanap na voter simulation ng Comelec noong Sabado. Read more »

Election watchdog binalaan ang mga botante vs fake news

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 10:28 PM

Giit ng PPCRV, nananatili silang non-partisan pero hindi sila neutral. Read more »

Review of mergers and acquisitions to resume, says PCC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:43 AM

The motu proprio review of mergers and acquisitions which was suspended for a year under the country's second coronavirus response law is set to resume, the Philippine Competition Commission said Wednesday. Read more »

Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines deal

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 13 11:14 AM

Australia's competition regulator on Monday definitively blocked a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines, saying the arrangement would hurt consumers. Read more »

Poll watchdog proposes 5 innovations for #Halalan2022

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 05:00 PM

According to Namfrel, these proposals have been submitted to Comelec as early as June. Read more »

US intel watchdog launches inquiry amid spying allegations on news media

Sarah N. Lynch and David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 11 08:54 AM

The internal watchdog for the National Security Agency (NSA) said on Tuesday it was launching an inquiry into allegations that the agency had improperly spied on a member of the US news media. Read more »

'Pinas kulang sa pagrenda sa money laundering, terrorist financing'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 08:28 PM

Napabilang muli ang Pilipinas sa "grey list" ng global watchdog na Financial Action Task Force.   Read more »

Philippines back in dirty money watchdog's 'gray list'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 09:58 AM

A global dirty money watchdog has placed the Philippines anew on its "gray list" or jurisdictions under increased monitoring after failing to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. Read more »

Ex-Comelec official may payo sa netizens sa pagsulpot ng political ads online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 08:40 PM

May payo ang isang dating commissioner ng Comelec sa netizens upang hindi malinlang ng mga may ambisyong mahalal sa 2022. Read more »

Paggasta ng mga politiko sa social media ads dapat tutukan: watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:12 PM

Hinikayat ng isang election watchdog ang Comelec na silipin ang paggasta ng mga politiko sa social media. Read more »

Retailers group pleads for delay in retail liberalization, says MSMEs will be hurt

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 11:21 PM

The head of a retail industry group on Wednesday said the liberalization of the Philippines retail trade sector should be delayed as smaller local players may be unable to compete with new foreign entrants because of the effect of the pandemic on local businesses.   Read more »

Recession strengthened monopolies as smaller players closed: antitrust body

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 10:38 PM

The Philippines’ antitrust regulator on Wednesday warned that the recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened already existing monopolies as smaller firms closed down.    Read more »

Amal Clooney to receive press freedom award as lawyer of embattled journalists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 05:40 PM

The award, given by the Committee to Protect Journalist’s board of directors, recognizes the recipient’s “extraordinary and sustained commitment to press freedom.”   Read more »

Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech firms: antitrust watchdog head

Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 03:09 PM

Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said on Monday, a sign Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators. Read more »

Competition watchdog clears URC's acquisition of sugar milling plants, land in Negros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 03:38 PM

The country’s antitrust watchdog said Monday it has cleared Universal Robina Corp’s acquisition of the assets of several companies in Negros Island. Read more »

ABS-CBN shutdown comes at worst possible time amid pandemic, says rights watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 08:01 PM

Shutting down the network giant now is ill advised “when accurate and truthful information is needed crucially,” Human Rights Watch says. Read more »