Singapore-based insurtech firm Igloo has clinched the deal to underwrite GCash users when they transact using the e-wallet. igloo2019-768x768 Already, fraudsters have targeted 44 percent of digital consumers as of end-March 2021. Specifically, fraudsters targeted 44 percent of Gen Z and 39 percent...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
Never too young to publish a book There are some who think that storytelling and writing stories are simple tasks. Then there are those who subscribe to the belief that every person has one good novel in them. But the truth is, having that good novel inside you and actually writing it are two very...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo If what is coming out of the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of potential fraud on the part of various public agencies is proven true, this is nothing but betrayal of public trust. Fraud involving the misuse of public funds exceeding P50 million...
Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
Joint operatives from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested a South Korean national wanted in his own country for large scale fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 61-year-old Lee Sanghun was apprehended based on...
A Taiwanese and a Korean national wanted in their respective countries for fraud have been nabbed by Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives. (Photo by Ye Jinghan/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said members of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU) arrested in Mabalacat City,...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported an additional batch of nine Japanese fugitives wanted in their homeland for large-scale telecommunications fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) Japanese police officers escorted the deportees when they boarded their flight at the Ninoy Aquino...
Anti-tax fraud operatives of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have confiscated thousands of untaxed heated tobacco and vapor ("vape") products during raids on several retail outlets located inside shopping malls in Manila. (Photo by Donn Gabriel Baleva/ Unsplash) Manila Revenue Regional...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking to protect consumers from the fraudulent schemes of some financial service providers and unscrupulous individuals. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate on March 23, 2020. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gatchalian said on Saturday,...
As the country's vaccination drive continues, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has proposed certain safeguards to prevent fraud in vaccine cards in the country. An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus shot at a vaccination site established in the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora ordered a prompt investigation into an alleged “vaccine for a fee” scheme that has been reported in social media. (Photo from San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "San Juan City has been made aware of a social media post of a citizen who received an...
