BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested two fake dentists in an entrapment operation in Barangay Villa Kananga here on Sunday, November 26. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit-13 identified the suspects as “Zel,” 22, and “Ana,” 29. Suspects, who were...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Based on old Philippine folklore, monsters and creatures of the night can take on all shapes and sizes in their wicked desire to terrorize communities. Now, in the modern age, "horror" has stepped foot unto the thing that society always...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to step up its efforts against the proliferation of "ghost" and fake receipts. According to Gatchalian, such activities are denting government revenues and adversely affecting micro-enterprises. The senator...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Friday, August 25 called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other concerned agencies to ensure the full implementation of the Consumer Act and protect consumers against buying counterfeit products that have proliferated in the market. Sen....
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he supports the Marcos administration’s digital campaign against fake news and any forms of disinformation on the internet. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (Senate PRIB Photo) Escudero, however, cautioned the government against introducing...
The Presidential Communication Office (PCO) is ready to implement the Marcos administration's Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Campaign Project to combat misinformation and disinformation online. File photo Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said this ahead of the ceremonial signing of the...
To combat fake news and the dangers it may bring to the public, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially launched an anti-fake news campaign dubbed "#SaTrueLang." Photo courtesy of DSWD Facebook The initiative is also a response to the president's call to...
CEBU CITY – A nurse was arrested for posing as a policeman in Mandaue City, Cebu on Thursday afternoon, July 20. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/TAC_AN_beb6f1ff51/TAC_AN_beb6f1ff51.jfif) GABRIEL Santino Tac-an, a resident of Barangay Hipodromo, Cebu City, was in...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two persons for allegedly using fake money to pay their purchases in a “sari-sari” (community convenience) store in Barangay Alijis here on Tuesday, July 11. POLICE arrested two persons for using fake money to pay cigarettes in a ‘sari-sari' store in Barangay...
BAGUIO CITY – A 42-year-old man who pretended to be a policeman and demanded money from a driver was arrested by alert police on Upper Session Road here on June 27. The suspect was identified as Jerry Fines Farnacio, 42, single, barker, and resident of Barangay Sanitary Camp, Brookside...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) warned the public against some individuals posing as NBI agents. “Let us know if there are people posing as NBI agents and we will verify,” the NBI-7 said in a statement on Friday, June 23. The NBI-7 said there had been...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, June 22 said she has no qualms supporting any moves to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill into law. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda (Senate PRIB Photo) President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently called on...
