The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concerns over the plight of Filipinos who are being trafficked to Myanmar to work in scam hubs with little or no pay, in dire living conditions, and subjected to sexual abuse. In a statement, the CHR raised the alarm against human trafficking...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada to start on April 22 presenting his evidence in the 11 graft charges filed against him in connection with his P183 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The order was issued after the anti-graft court...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Friday, April 4, expressed his disappointment over the Sandiganbayan’s decision to deny the demurrer to evidence he filed to dismiss the graft charges lodged against him in connection with the pork barrel scam. “I am saddened by this turn...
BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Bacolod has filed qualified trafficking charges against two Malaysians arrested last week for allegedly running a love scam operation here. READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – Two Malaysians were arrested and eight Filipinos were rescued from an alleged love scam operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Thursday, March 27. POLICE apprehend two Malaysians for human trafficking in a raid in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Thursday, March...
Around 200 workers and 16 of their employers were arrested during a raid on an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Ayala Avenue, Makati City on Wednesday afternoon, March 19. According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), the operation, in...
In response to the rising number of online scams and financial fraud cases, Senator Mark Villar filed Senate Bill No. 2924, or the proposed Philippine Scam Prevention Center Act, to establish a dedicated government agency for the enforcement and implementation of laws that will fight online or...
BANGKOK (AP) — An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China. Chinese nationals, believed to have worked at...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged local government units (LGUs) and law enforcement agencies to arrest the proliferation of love scams that have been victimizing countless foreign nationals. Gatchalian made the call following a claim made recently by the Australian Federal Police that around AUS$24...
Philippine authorities continue to struggle against online scams due to supposed issues with the SIM Registration Act despite ongoing crackdowns, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) recognized. Photo generated via Grok/X AI PAOCC Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert...
Filipinos are increasingly becoming vulnerable to romance or love scams as the number of potentially fraudulent individuals or entities surged in 2024, Moody’s data revealed. “The number of Filipino entities and people with potential links to romance scams (‘romance scam profiles’)...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Agusan del Sur congressman Rodolfo G. Plaza and several others of multiple criminal charges involving the alleged irregular implementation of agricultural projects from 2004 to 2010 out of the former legislator's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). In...
