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PHISHING will soon be added to the list of crimes in the Philippines thanks to a proposed bill that will give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) law enforcement powers. In a recent briefing, BSP Senior Assistant Governor and General Counsel (SAGGC) Elmore O. Capule said Senator Mark A. Villar…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on Monday, Jan. 31, signed a new Escrow Agreement for the safekeeping of the source codes for the 2022 national and local automated election system. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno sai
FALSE: Media blackout on Aquino admin’s alleged gold shipment Feb 12, 2021 4:51 PM PHT Rappler.com At a glance: Claim: The Philippine mainstream media did not report on former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III's alleged illegal shipment of 3,500 metric tons of gold to Thailand. Rating: FALSE The facts: Several news outlets reported on the complaint made against Aquino about an alleged illegal gold shipment in 2017. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) also later said that the complaint was based on a fake document. Why we fact-checked this: Claim Check, Facebook’s monitoring tool...
BW FILE PHOTO A LAWMAKER is pushing amendments to the Bank Secrecy Law to lift certain provisions to prevent criminal activities by giving the regulator authority to look into bank accounts. In a House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries hearing on Thursday, the committee chair Junie E. Cua said he wants to be “extra careful” in amending the 65-year-old law while emphasizing the need to revise provisions in the law as it “is used as a shield” for money laundering and other anomalous activities. The Bank Secrecy Law currently prohibits the disclosure or inquiry into deposit...