Police arrested 39 individuals and rescued one minor who were allegedly involved in a phishing scam operating in Quezon City Monday night. Members of the Quezon City Police District nabbed the suspects, including the alleged company manager Rose Castolo, Jesto Aludino, and Mitch John Esteban, at...
Nearly a decade after the Commission on Audit exposed the pork barrel scam that reportedly defrauded government of more than P10 billion, the audit agency finally affirmed the liability of a former partylist solon in the release of over P10.79 million to a bogus foundation linked to alleged scam...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has cautioned the public against the reported existence of passport appointment and document authentication scams on social media. (DFA) In an advisory, the DFA stressed that it does not use Facebook or any other social media network to offer or confirm...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has reiterated her stance that the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) would never be a good investment for the country. The Senate, on Wednesday night, passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2232 which seeks to impose additional taxes on POGO operations...
Groups of coconut farmers fear another scam might happen in the process of the Philippine government’s implementation of the Coco Levy Act, the law that should pave the way for the release of the P100 billion worth of funds and assets collected through the infamous coco levy fund scam more than...
A woman who allegedly charges police recruits a fee of P50,000 for the "automatic" passage of their neuro-psychiatric tests was arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP), Gen. Guillermo Eleazar announced Friday, May 28. PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar (Photo courtesy of Philippine...
An official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, May 28, warned the public against persons who are using his name in a scam and asked stakeholders first to “verify first” with the agency before dealing with such individuals. (Photo from CHED Commissioner Ronald L. Adamat...
The Philippines should join the growing list of countries mandating the registration of pre-paid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to put an end to the prevalence of deceptive modus and online scams, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday. “Hangga’t walang batas na magpaparusa sa mga...
Persons behind the illegal selling of vaccines will be tracked down and prosecuted, an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Saturday, May 22. DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, however, stressed confirmation of the illegal activity should be...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 4, called on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to sustain its “one-strike” policy against immigration officers (IOs) and personnel found to be involved in human trafficking activities. Villanueva made the appeal to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente during the...
Going viral over the weekend was 26-year-old nurse Alyssa Legaspi's Facebook post on fake negative RT-PCR results. "I needed a facility that can do home service with fast results and can be booked that day or the next day," she tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. "I found this facebook group called...
