The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) called on appropriate agencies to investigate “erring” content creators that promote sexual harassment, child abuse, and exploitation. (Unsplash) “Recently a concerned citizen brought to our attention a social media page and video streaming platform...
Physical or "brick and mortar" stores will continue to have challenging days ahead of them, according to economist-congressman Joey Salceda of Albay's 2nd district. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Salceda gave this assessment in reaction to the June 2022 Labor Force Survey report of...
Irked by exorbitant bank transfer fees amid the prevailing high inflation, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has urged the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to issue regulations that would put a cap on bank charges. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda (Photo from Salceda’s office) Salceda, chairman of the...
“As a mother and as a legislator, my commitment is to ensure online safety for all our children.” Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez (FILE PHOTO) Thus, said Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez said, as she called for the urgent implementation of the recently-lapsed-into-law Anti-Online...
CALAMBA, Laguna – Authorities arrested Monday, August 2, one of the suspects who deceived a victim into transferring P48,000 through an online transaction. Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as Edmon G. Catubigan, 43. Calamba City Police Station (CPS) said Catubigan...
CEBU CITY -- A 19-year-old man accused of selling lewd photos and sex videos on social media was arrested in an entrapment operation here on Friday, July 29. Romilo Romero was handcuffed while transacting with an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI 7), who posed as...
Bahay Turo is here to help It's back to face-to-face schooling for the kids, but are we, parents, really ready to go full face-to face? We're also back to working, and we need all the help we can get—especially in making sure that our children get good grades this school year. It's already...
Online shopping and rewards platform ShopBack said it gave back P927 million to over 5.2 million users nationwide after seven years of operating in the Philippines. Already, ShopBack has over 600 partner merchants in the country, across industries ranging from travel, fashion, tech, and...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL If you’ll search hard for silver linings in the last two years and a half of the pandemic, one such lining would be when so much of life transitioned to online, in vying for our attention and patronage, so many lifestyle brands and choices had to...
The Catholic Grandparents Association of the Philippines is inviting grandparents and the elderly to join the Second Online National Conference for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 24 to 26 at 5 p.m. World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (FACEBOOK) With the theme “In old age they will...
Local online grocery shopping platform Pushkart.ph is expanding its services to more cities outside Metro Manila within the third quarter, according to President and CEO Mike Lim. The homegrown startup developed by a group of young Filipino millennials will soon operate in Cavite and Pampanga...
The country’s passers of the licensure examination for radiologic technologists are scheduled to undergo an online oathtaking next week. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) This was announced by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in a Facebook post on Wednesday, July 6. In the said post, PRC...
