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...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has committed assistance to further improve the cybercrime-fighting capabilities of the Philippine National Police (PNP). PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the commitment of assistance was sealed through a memorandum of...
CAVITE - A man was arrested in Silang for allegedly blackmailing his ex-girlfriend with her nude photos on Tuesday, June 27. Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Raymart B. Guingab, 28. Initial investigation said the suspect was able to save nude photos and videos of the victim...
An attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has vowed to investigate the unauthorized fund transfers involving hundreds of GCash accounts earlier this week. (Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center) DICT’s Cybercrime Investigation and...
At least 80 percent of Filipinos believe that the mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration will help reduce cybercrime cases in the Philippines according to a survey conducted by data research firm Tangere. The mobile-based survey was conducted from Jan. 18 until Jan. 20, 2023...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In the span of two weeks, more than 16 million subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been registered following the implementation of the SIM Registration Act. Currently, we are on track because our target is to register at least one million SIMs per day to complete...
Cybercrime experts from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should lend a hand in the House of Representatives' impending investigation on the disastrous power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last week. 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) Thus, said House...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has underscored the urgent need to amend and update the existing Anti-Cybercrime Act of 2012, also known as Republic Act (RA) No.10175. Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez makes a manifestation during the Committee on Strategic...
