PCC Public Advisory

 

System Maintenance Advisory: MAO E-Notification System

Please be advised that the MAO E-Notification System will undergo scheduled maintenance to implement system enhancements from 01 April to 06 April 2026. During this period, the system will be temporarily unavailable.

The last day for electronic submissions through the MAO E-Notification System will be on 31 March 2026 (5:00 PM).

If there are submissions due during the scheduled maintenance period, all concerned parties are advised to ensure the early submission of the necessary documents prior to the maintenance dates.

The enhanced MAO E-Notification System will resume normal operations on Tuesday, 07 April 2026.

For any questions or concerns, please contact the Mergers and Acquisitions Office via email at mergers@phcc.gov.ph or by telephone at +632 8771 9722 local 252.

Please be guided accordingly.

 

 

 

Advisory: LMS Rebranding to PCC eCLASS

In line with its rebranding efforts, PCC's Learning Management System (LMS), previously known as iCLP: Online Learning Hub on Competition Law and Policy, will now be called PCC eCLASS: Enhanced Competition Learning Activities Spaces.

Correspondingly, the platform’s domain name will be changed from iclp.phcc.gov.ph to eclass.phcc.gov.ph.

Please be advised that the LMS will be temporarily unavailable from March 27, 2026 (5:00 PM) to March 31, 2026 (11:59 PM) to facilitate this transition.

Beginning April 1, 2026, users may access PCC’s online courses through the new domain.

 

 

 

PCC Advisory: Trunkline Service Interruption

 

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Chairperson Michael G. Aguinaldo

Atty. Michael G. Aguinaldo is currently the Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), only the second Chairperson since the establishment of the PCC in 2016. Prior to his appointment to the PCC, he was Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA), the supreme audit institution of the Philippines, from 2015-2022, and was concurrently External Auditor of the World Health Organization, the Food & Agriculture Organization, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He was the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs of the Office of the President of the Philippines from 2011-2015. Before his foray into the public service, he worked as a law practitioner in the private sector from 1992-2011, including 17 years with the law firm Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles where he was a partner and member of the Executive Committee.

Chairperson Aguinaldo obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1992 from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he became a member of the faculty from 1994-2015. He holds a Master of Laws degree with special concentration in International Economic Law from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.