President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left,) House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed the enactment of a landmark measure designed to combat economic fraud and protect citizens from financial...
To combat the surge in crimes involving scams online, President Marcos has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 12010 or the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) which aims to protect Filipinos and their bank and e-wallet accounts from cybercriminals using technology to defraud them....
Have you received text alerts from the Social Security System (SSS) regarding benefit claims or expiring contribution payments? Please be cautious, as those messages are fake. On Thursday, July 18, SSS issued a warning to its members and the public to remain vigilant against deceptive...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI Criminal complaints for graft and malversation of public funds were filed against Caloocan City 1st District Rep. Oscar "Oca" M. Malapitan, five former officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and a private individual before the Office of...
While the Sandiganbayan affirmed the conviction of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and former Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) partylist congressman Edgar de Leon Valdez in the misuse of the former legislator's P57.7 million pork barrel funds, the court modified the...
The Cybercrime Investigation Coordinating Center (CICC), along with Scam Watch Pilipinas, the national citizen arm of the Philippine government to educate Filipinos about cyber fraud, requested the public to report scam numbers via the eGov Super App. CICC/ Scam Watch Pilipinas In a statement on...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted several former public officials and private individuals involved in the misuse of the P65 million priority development assistance fund (PDAF) of then Misamis Occidental congresswoman Marina P. Clarete. In its 195-page decision, the anti-graft court summarized its...
Four Filipino victims of human trafficking were repatriated from Myanmar and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last June 26. Their names were not disclosed by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) which said that two of them were not paid their salaries while the other two were...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has warned the public regarding fraudulent schemes that promise job opportunities within the company and its subsidiaries in exchange for payment. In an advisory, SMC’s Corporate Human Resources (CHR) said that neither the conglomerate nor its affiliated companies require...
The Sandiganbayan reset to June 21 the resolution of the demurrer to evidence filed by then Senate president and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile who sought the dismissal of his P172 million plunder case. The resolution of Enrile's demurrer, which had been allowed by the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, May 8, clarified that it is not giving out “cash aid” especially for graduating students. (DepEd Central Office / file photo) “It's unfortunate that there are still individuals or groups of individuals who are taking advantage of our...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) warned motorists of another scam involving traffic violations that are spread through text messages containing a link that could compromise important personal information. In a statement, the MMDA said the scam is called “No-Touch Penalty”...
