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WORKING TOGETHER. NBI officer in charge-director Eric Distor (left) and PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (right) show a copy of the signed memorandum of agreement between the two agencies to operationalize probes of incidents of police abuses in anti-drug operations on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2021). Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (center) witnessed the signing of the MOA. (Photo courtesy of DOJ) MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday made public a copy of the memorandum of agreemen...

As the “Listahanan 3” or the third round of assessment of poor households in the country is expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2021, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already issued guidelines on the sharing of data generated from the Listahanan database to its

Crafting the rules governing internet-based transactions are not expected to be an easy one. The hurdles are high and the opposition from various e-commerce platforms is strong. Even the legislature is having a hard time that the measure is no longer in the running for passage in this Congress. The

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered all BSP supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) to cooperate and to share relevant information in aid of investigating fraudulent activities. (Photo via Pixabay) BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier in a memo (Memorandum No. M-2021-059) she si

Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III told parents and children aged 12 to 17 years old to read and understand the informed consent and assent form for the vaccination of minors with comorbidities. The form, he said, will be given to the parents and children at the vaccination center on the day of t

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair and Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday welcomed the National Privacy Commission (NPC) for saying that the law on data privacy rights cannot be invoked as an excuse to evade legal proceedings. Gordon, who leads the Senate’s hearing into the alleged anomalous procure

Department of Justice The Office of Cybercrime of the Department of Justice (DOJ-OCC) has warned the public against the so-called delivery scam. In its advisory, the DOJ-OOC said it has “received reports regarding the current modus operandi of perpetrators representing themselves as couri

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned the public against unscrupulous individuals who collect payments from unsuspecting recipients of fake deliveries. Reports reaching the DOJ-Office of Cybercrime (OOC) said some crooks have taken advantage of the current’s online shopping trend triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to dupe people. How? By…

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched its Training the Trainers Program (T3) to develop more data privacy experts and nurture a culture of privacy across the country. National Privacy Commission Under the program, the NPC accredits trainers to educate the public on key concepts and

One of the Pharmally officials who eluded Senate’s arrest order issued a statement on Thursday, claiming they were “falsely accused” for political gain.