BACOLOD CITY – A farmer was hacked to death by his 29-year-old distant relative in Barangay Minautok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 15. A DRUNKEN farmer was hacked dead by his distant relative, following a heated argument in Barangay Minautok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, on Monday,...
Senator Mark A. Villar on Wednesday May 10, sought a Senate inquiry into alleged continued proliferation of bank-related scams and frauds. This followed the filing by Villar of Senate Resolution 589 which asked the Senate leadership to direct the appropriate committee to conduct the hearing "with...
PADRE GARCIA, Batangas – Police killed a man who allegedly hacked a resident of Sitio Bauan, Barangay Quilo-quilo, here, on Sunday, March 26. The Padre Garcia Municipal Police Station received a call from Teodoro Fortus claiming that his son Joshua was hacked several times by an unidentified...
A 40-year-old farmer was hacked to death by his younger brother during a drinking session on Sunday night, Nov. 27, in Barangay Paraiso, Calatagan, Batangas. Police identified the victim as Edecon Obrador. Investigation said Edecon and the suspect, Herman, 32, were having a drinking spree at 9:15...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four persons were killed and two others were wounded after a shooting and hacking incident allegedly triggered by a land dispute in Sitio Kiabacat, Barangay Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon on Sunday, Nov. 27. The Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – A 45-year-old farmer hacked a fellow farmer under the influence of liquor to death following a heated argument in Barangay Villa Aurin here Saturday, July 2. Police here identified the suspect as Ryan Saunar of Sitio Centro, Barangay Villa Aurin. Investigation showed that...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the numerous attempts to hack into its website is “not a cause for concern,” the spokesperson of the poll body said, Sunday, May 15. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The poll body recently learned from the...
The Pasig City Public Information Office (PIO) said on Sunday, April 10, that they will implement stricter security measures in their social media pages after the PIO's Twitter account was hacked on Saturday night, April 9. "Moving forward, the Pasig City PIO has instituted mechanisms concerning...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday expressed concern about the integrity of the upcoming elections after lawmakers discovered the breach in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec)​ service contractor, Smartmatic. Sotto said it is necessary for the Senate...
"The Comelec system was not hacked. Clear and simple." Comelec/MANILA BULLETIN file photo These were the words of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Irwin Garcia on Thursday, March 17 regarding the alleged hacking of the poll body's system in time for the upcoming May 2022...
After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was "indeed a security breach" in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) service contractor, Smartmatic. Senator Imee Marcos,...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo believes the progression of people’s campaign will “turn the tide” against the proliferation of fake news and disinformation in the run-up to the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo at the Iloilo grand rally on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (VPLR Media...
