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An anti-cyber scam advocacy group is urging the public to prepare for the worst as the Medusa ransomware group began leaking on Thursday data hacked from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. PhilHealth has been reassuring the public that its membership data is secure, but has acknowledged that it has yet to determine the full extent of the breach.
The Family Code of the Philippines, passed over three decades ago, prohibits the use of corporal punishment in both public and private schools. By now, this prohibition should be ingrained in all teachers.
An angry Rodrigo Duterte summoned them to Malacañang during his presidency, although he did not carry out his threat to make them eat paper rolled up like pastillas or local milk pastry. Last week, one of 50 Bureau of Immigration employees accused of facilitating the entry of 143 foreigners, mostly Chinese, between 2017 and 2020 was fined the princely sum of P5,000 by the Sandiganbayan.
The last time Metro Manila and neighboring provinces were blanketed by ashfall, grounding flights, forcing the cancellation of classes and disrupting office work was in January 2020 when Taal Volcano erupted.
From arrival to departure at the Philippines’ main gateway, it’s no fun. In February this year, a Thai tourist’s last memories of his visit in the Philippines were of being shaken down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by personnel of the Office for Transportation Security. The OTS staff returned the 20,000 yen (about P8,000) to the departing passenger after noticing that he had recorded his ugly experience on video.
Because of the track record of the previous administration particularly in the campaign against illegal drugs, the second Marcos presidency has been seen as an improvement in the human rights department. In speeches overseas, President Marcos has vowed that his administration is committed to respecting human rights. Several of his key officials have given the same commitment before the United Nations and other international bodies.