The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday called on banks, hospitals and telecommunications companies (telcos) to exercise ‘heightened vigilance’ in detecting and preventing fraud following the data breach from the Philippine Health Insurance…
An official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) on Wednesday expressed sympathies to those who died, including two Filipinos, in the ongoing conf…
Korean firms are urged to partner with the Philippine government for the infrastructure projects under Build Better More Program. In a statement Wednesday, the Korean Embassy here said Korean construction and engineering companies can be reliable part…
Around 2,000 giant rainbow lanterns will bring a festive mode to the more or less 18-kilometer stretch of Diversion Road from Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan, and other major thoroughfares of Iloilo City, ushering in the Christmas season. Eng…
Seven of the eight Cavite police officers who were caught on video while ransacking the house of a retired professor in an anti-drug operation have been dismissed from the service. In a press briefing in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Wednesday, Philippin…
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. said on Wednesday that the Monetary Board is not ruling out a 25-basis point rate hike in its meeting next month. “We are considering hikes, yes. But we’re going with where the data leads us,…
The University of the Philippines (UP) rolled to its fourth straight win at the expense of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 men’s basketball at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday. Ja…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass a law against the “demanda me” scheme where foreigners plot with litigants to file trumped up criminal charges against them to prevent their deportation by immigration officials to t…
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has deployed a team to Cambodia to assist in the repatriation of 27 Filipinos who were victimized by illegal recruiters.’The Filipino victims entered Cambodia as tourists as early as January this year. They were…