To promote vigilance against scams this holiday season, Scam Watch Pilipinas and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), launched the “Holiday Watch PH” campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), on Thursday, Nov. 23, cautioned the public to be "extra careful" while doing Christmas shopping, as the Philippines recorded the highest shopping...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, November 23 said he expects strengthened cooperation among Asia Pacific economies for the development of critical infrastructures in the face of global risks such as cyberattacks, natural disasters, and other disruptive events during the 31st annual...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday, October 9 proposed that the P50-million worth of confidential fund allocated to the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the 2024 national budget be realigned to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), issued a public warning about common phishing techniques. Photo credit to CICC CICC Executive Director Alexander K. Ramos issued a cybercrime...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista has filed a criminal case against two people who he accused of dragging his name into alleged corruption at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Charged before the Department of Justice were Manibela chairman...
Young girls and women are the “most vulnerable” to cyber crimes such as scamming and hacking. Photo from Unsplash This was highlighted during the Philippine Commission on Women's (PCW) program Tinig ng Kababaihan (TNK) on Sept. 22, where an expert discussed the threats to women and young girls...
Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) have arrested a 29-year old man for allegedly selling abortion pills online during an entrapment operation in Binondo, Manila. Nabbed was Enrique Jose Bulda Jr. who is now detained at the Manila Police District and facing...
Various cellphones and computers are seized in this anti-cybercrime operation. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded 16,297 cybercrime cases from January to August this year amid a continuing battle against the rising occurrence of incidents online that...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking confidential funds to fight cybercrime and go after scammers. (DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy courtesy of PCO) Information and Secretary Ivan John Uy justified his department's move to request P300 million in confidential...
(Unsplash) Don't look now, but the seven-month registration window for subscriber identity module or SIM cards is finally over. As such, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding law enforcement agencies to crack down harder on violators of the SIM Registration Act as well as the...
The index crimes in the first six months of this year went down by 10.14 percent compared to the same period in 2022, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Monday, July17. Index crimes include murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, motorcycle theft and vehicle...
