TACLOBAN CITY – The disbursing officer of the local government unit of Lope de Vega in Northern Samar was robbed of P1 million for the salaries of job-order employees on Wednesday afternoon, May 8, in Catarman, Northern Samar. MAP of Northern Samar with the town of Lope de Vega highlighted....
Foreign portfolio investments, often referred to as “hot money”, yielded net inflows of $377 million in the first quarter this year, a turnaround from the $328 million net outflows transacted in the same period last year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. For March alone, the ...
photo: PNP The Philippine National Police (PNP) has turned over around P420,000 to a confidential informant whose...
Mandaluyong City lone district Rep. Neptali Gonzales II (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Just scare tactics. That's House Deputy Majority Leader Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II's counter-argument to a resource...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – San Antonio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Arvin C. Salonga has offered a P500,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the killers of municipal Councilor Roberto “Amang” Carpio on Thursday, February 8. SAN Antonio, Nueva Ecija welcome arch (Wikipedia)...
Sen. Mark Villar reiterated the need for the passage of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) that would, not only provide for a penalty after the fact, but one that effectively responds to or even prevent criminals from facilitating various forms of financial scams. Sen. Mark Villar...
President Marcos has set October 2024 as his administration’s target deadline to exit the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which leads global action in tackling money laundering, terrorist, and proliferation financing and categorizes countries according to their measures to...
The Philippines maintains its high-level political commitment in addressing the deficiencies to finally exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/ Yummie Dingding) Marcos made the statement as...
LOPEZ, Quezon – Police arrested a woman from Cavite for paying fake currency for goods she purchased in a store in the public market here on Saturday morning, December 23. The victim, Angeles Ballesteros, 70, businesswoman, sought police assistance after she was paid fake P1,000 by the...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has asked authorities to look into reports that certain mysterious Chinese nationals are buying multiple lands and properties in different parts of the...
LEBAK, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Two foreign nationals engaged in money lending business were killed in Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao del Sur provinces over the weekend, police said Monday. On Sunday morning, unidentified gunmen shot dead Jaspreet Singh, an Indian national while driving his...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno commended the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its efforts in ensuring the security of the people’s money and investments. In his keynote speech for SEC’s 87th anniversary, Diokno said that the Commission has enforced investigations against...
