The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Friday, July 31, warned the public about scammers impersonating the agency through fake Facebook accounts and other social media pages to lure netizens into paying bogus fees to recover money they have already lost. The agency recently...
A 25‑year‑old man died after allegedly shooting himself while practicing at a firing range inside Makati Square, Barangay San Isidro, on Wednesday afternoon, July 29. The victim, identified as Kianz, was rushed to Makati Medical Center but was declared dead on arrival around 6 p.m. from a...
Vice President Sara Duterte questioned the credibility of the International Criminal Court 's (ICC) investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte, claiming the proceedings were compromised by an alleged conflict of interest involving former ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan. Speaking before...
Many are now baffled as to why the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) takes longer to file criminal charges than in previous years. But what changed? According to Assistant Ombudsman Jose Dominic “Mico” Clavano IV, the longer timeline is the result of a deliberate policy shift under the reign of...
The recent political realignment in the Senate has fueled online speculation that the Office of the Ombudsman’s (OMB) investigation into alleged flood-control irregularities involving Senators Joel Villanueva and Francis “Chiz” Escudero has been sidelined. The speculation came after the two...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said the “conflict of interest” complaints against Tarlac Second District Rep. Cristy Angeles and Uswag Party-list Rep. Jojo Ang are moving to the preliminary investigation stage, while similar complaints involving CWS Party-list Rep. Edwin Gardiola and former...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is “very close” to filing plunder charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over alleged irregularities in the national budget, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Friday, July 17. “We’re very close to filing the plunder...
One person was killed and seven others were injured after a sport utility vehicle (SUV) rammed four vehicles along the northbound lane of EDSA near Oliveros Drive in Quezon City early Friday morning, July 17. CCTV footage showed the SUV first slammed into a pickup truck before hitting a taxi and...
Several senator-judges on Tuesday raised concerns over the timing of the National Bureau of Investigation 's (NBI) announcement that it would investigate alleged irregularities in the construction of the nearly P10-billion sports complex at New Clark City for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA)...
Senator Erwin Tulfo, on Monday, July 13, pressed the House prosecution panel 's second witness on whether its probe into Vice President Sara Duterte 's controversial public statements found evidence that she had acted on her alleged threats. During the fourth day of Duterte 's...
A California jury has found Filipino American Larry Millete guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Maya Millete, a Filipina, who went missing on Jan. 7, 2021 and has never been found. Fox 5 San Diego reported that jurors in Chula Vista delivered a unanimous guilty verdict after...
The Quezon City government is investigating an electrocution incident that claimed the lives of three individuals inside an apartment in Barangay Pinyahan on Friday, July 10. The local government said it is coordinating with the Quezon City Department of Building Official (DBO) and the Quezon City...
