WASHINGTON, United States — US justice officials warned Monday that there was an "explosion" of incidents in which children were extorted for money after being persuaded to provide explicit images of themselves. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said US law enforcement received more than...
The Police Regional Office 7 warned its personnel to refrain from engaging in any guerrilla operation of online cockfighting (e-sabong) amid the ongoing crackdown following an order early this year to stop all online sabong operations. PRO7 director Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba tasked all...
The Pasig City Council approved on third and final reading a landmark ordinance prohibiting online gambling and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGO-related operations and services in the city. All members of the 11th City Council agreed to pass Ordinance No. 49-2022, authored and sponsored...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it will intensify the search for unregistered online traders and social media influencer who earn huge income through the years but would not pay any tax to the government. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. has formed special task force (STF) in every...
CAMP BGEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna -- Twenty-one individuals were arrested in separate police operations conducted by Laguna Police Intelligence Unit, San Pedro City Police Station and Biñan City Police Station against illegal gambling on Monday, Dec. 12, Police Regional Office CALABARZON (Cavite,...
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The attempt of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to register online sellers of goods and services that are based inside condominium buildings and exclusive subdivisions in Metro Manila hit a snag after its personnel were barred from entering the areas. "For security reason, guards do not allow...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a total of 83 people in a raid on the office of an alleged illegal online lending agency in Sampaloc, Manila. Police Brig. Gen. Joel Doria, director of the PNP-Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), said those arrested were the ones...
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes an influx of shopping and partying. With lots of expenditures usually incurred this time of the year, having a secondary income stream can go a long way. This can be done through online trading which is also something people, who look to close the...
CEBU CITY – Multiple criminal charges were filed against a woman here who allegedly abused her four-year-old daughter through online sexual exploitation. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas raids the house of a Cebu City resident accused of sexually exploiting her daughter....
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, Dec. 5, a crackdown on what he describes as guerrilla operations of online cockfighting following reports that there are some groups that continue to defy a presidential directive to put a stop on the online...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople warned the public, especially those seeking jobs abroad, against online illegal recruitment scheme offering jobs for Filipinos to work in Myanmar and Thailand. This, after the government rescued 12 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were...
