DOJ files charges vs pimp peddling children online
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed trafficking charges against a pimp who peddles young boys online to foreigners for explicit acts or materials in exchange for money.
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Landfill to share real-time data to city | The Freeman
CEBU, Philippines — A real-time data sharing system between a private landfill and the Cebu City government will be put in place soon to avoid another garbage anomaly in the city.
Press Release - Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Mayor Alice Guo
The Anti-Money Laundering Council should consider studying the possibility of issuing an order to freeze all the assets of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
NPC expels Guo
(UPDATE) THE Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) has expelled Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo from the party given the «gravity» of charges and ongoing investigations against her.
DILG chief fears illegal POGOs may fund 2025 elections
Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos yesterday warned that illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators could fund candidates for the 2025 elections amid the discovery of POGO hubs in Bamban, Tarlac and in Porac, Pampanga as well as the alleged direct involvement of suspended Mayor Alice Guo in the questionable activities.
DICT tackles engagement with watchdog
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will discuss with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Committee (CICC) its engagement with cybercrime watchdog ScamWatch Philippines in view of the revelation of a hacker that one of its convenors, Manila Bulletin technology editor Art Samaniego, was behind the hacking of government websites.
Local politics stricken out in Abra capital rice mill helper slay
BAGUIO CITY— Abra capital town police investigators last Friday night found that the slay of a rice mill helper in Bangued was not prompted by rivalries in local politics.
Alice Guo expelled as NPC member
MANILA, Philippines — Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has been removed from the Nationalist People’s Coalition’s roster amid her alleged links to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), former Senate president and NPC chairman Vicente Sotto III said yesterday.