Windows26: PAOCC: Pinoys taking over scamming rings

October 16, 2024

Hello, reader! We're covering reports of Filipinos taking over scamming operations from Pogos, UAE's pardon of 143 jailed OFWs, and the PNP reopening its probe into the 2018 murder of Tanauan's mayor.

PAOCC: Pinoys taking over scamming rings

The government crackdown on illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) across the country has found out that some Filipinos have learned the scamming schemes and taken over the activities left by their foreign operators, an official of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Tuesday.

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UAE pardons 143 OFWs jailed for minor offenses

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday confirmed that the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had pardoned 143 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were jailed in the Middle Eastern nation.

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DOJ: Decision to rejoin ICC up to Marcos

The decision on whether the country will rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) rests with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday after the House quad committee hearings turned out damning allegations against former President Rodrigo Duterte in relation to his campaign against drugs.

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WHO: Vaccines help avert deaths, costs from antimicrobial resistance

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that vaccines against 24 pathogens could reduce the global daily doses of antibiotics needed, thereby supporting worldwide efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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PNP to reexamine 2018 killing of Tanauan mayor

The Philippine National Police is reopening its investigation of the 2018 murder of then Tanauan City, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili following the claim of retired police colonel and former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Royina Garma that a police official was behind the killing.

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EDITORIAL: Substandard products proliferate

The open sale of these unsafe materials goes on despite the obvious danger to society is therefore unconscionable as the Philippines is ranked among the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters. The government should exert all efforts to put behind bars the manufacturers and retailers violating the product standards law who are more than willing to sacrifice public lives and property for the sake of an easy profit.

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