MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) has identified seven individuals responsible for the online threats in several schools in various localities of the province. In a phone interview on Friday, Pangasinan PPO information officer Police Major Aileen Catugas said...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly urbanized city is intensifying its response to cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) after rescuing 10 victims across several barangays in the past two months. Among the survivors, eight, aged 12 to 17, are now in the custody of the city’s...
Police arrested a man in Quezon City after he allegedly threatened to leak an intimate video of a 22‑year‑old woman he met online following their motel encounter. The suspect, identified only as alias "JC," 36, was nabbed on July 27 by operatives of the Talipapa Police Station in front of a...
While the Philippines has high acceptance of online gaming, S&P Global has flagged the looming contraction in the industry’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2026, due in part to the regulatory squeeze, including the ban on e-gaming linkages with e-wallets. According to the global debt watcher’s...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. 's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam centers, and the caseload is growing. The International Organization for Migration says...
Save the Children Philippines has reiterated its opposition to proposals that would impose a blanket ban on social media access for minors, arguing that such a policy could unintentionally expose children to greater risks while limiting their rights to education, participation, and access to...
The stars of "Miss Behave" hope viewers walk away from the series with one important lesson: never judge someone 's life by what they see online. During the latest Star Magic Spotlight press conference at the Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN, Quezon City, the cast shared how the youth drama has...
Even as war has destroyed hundreds of schools and displaced hundreds of thousands of families, Palestinian authorities have managed to keep about half of Gaza 's students learning through an online education system. Palestinian Minister of Social Development and Minister of State for Relief...
For Filipinos, the State of the Nation Address has long evolved into something far bigger than a constitutional obligation. Sure, it 's the President 's yearly report card to the nation, laying out achievements, promises, and plans for the months ahead. But if history is any indication,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) confirmed on Thursday, July 23, that criminal and administrative complaints were formally filed before the Office of the Ombudsman on Monday, July 20, against Negros Occidental third district Board Member Andrew Montelibano...
A 48‑year‑old bus conductor was arrested in Quezon City on Monday, July 20, after allegedly gambling away P17,000 in company remittances on “scatter” and faking a robbery to hide the loss. The suspect, known only as “Arnel,” approached police officers on patrol around 4 a.m. along EDSA...
