The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that it has filed a criminal complaint against the group of a casino junket operator and some individuals for engaging in unlawful activities linked to money laundering. In a complaint filed before the Department of Justice on May 31, 2024, the...
Newly appointed National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Jaime B. Santiago said on Friday, June 14, he will lead the bureau's focus on cybercrimes. “Pupukpok kami sa cybercrime. Ang dami na nating mga scam (We will focus on cybercrimes. We have so many scams),” Santiago told journalists...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed the Philippine eagle, the country's national bird, as critically endangered, with only around 400 pairs left in the wild. These forest raptors face extinction largely due to habitat loss from deforestation, hunting, and other human...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil (File photo) Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), on Friday, June 14, came to the defense of the cops involved in a recent raid at the private properties of controversial...
Retired judge Jaime Santiago, who became well known as a sharpshooter, has been appointed by President Marcos as the new director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). (Photo courtesy of PCO) Santiago took his oath of office before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Friday...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the 61st founding anniversary of the Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) of the Philippine Army at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) There is no serious security threat in the country...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday, June 13, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to enhance their capabilities in law enforcement. The MOA was signed by NBI Director Medardo G. de Lemos and PCG Admiral Ronnie Gil L. Gavan. In a press...
Digital National IDs, like their physical counterparts, should also be accepted by public, government, and private institutions as valid and sufficient proof of identity, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) stressed. The PSA reminded, however, that institutions may also verify the...
The National Security Council (NSC) does not see the operation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) as a national security threat amid concerns that they are being used as a platform for espionage by a foreign country. But National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año said they are closely...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Senate is open to passing the House-approved bill that seeks to amend the five-year-old Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), according to House Speaker Martin Romualdez. This was one of the main...
More than 500 Metro Manila policemen were dismissed from the service while at least 800 more were punished since July last year as the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) stepped up its internal cleansing against erring cops. NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. said the...
On June 5, 2024, a new addition came to the halls of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Manila City. It was not a painting nor a sculpture, but a taxidermy mount of a Philippine eagle named Geothermica. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the National Museum of...
