Philippines

Kuwait  City, 25th January 2022: #Philippines Awareness : Hackers steal $500 to $2,500 from #Filipino teachers Landbank: Teachers lost money to 'phishing' scammers Hackers steal $500 to $2,500 from Filipino Teachers, iiQ8, Philippines Awareness #Manila: An investigation is on after bank accounts of Filipino teachers were reportedly hacked by a still unknown group, the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday (January 24, 2022). State-owned Land Bank of the #Philippines (also known as Landbank) said the #Filipino teachers whose bank accounts were hacked lost money via “phishing”. The bank, however, said its system is safe. It was not immediately clear how many teachers were hit by the latest online heist. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “According to the initial investigation by Landbank, the devices of the teachers were hacked via phishing, which compromised thei…

Kuwait City, 22nd January 2022: Awareness #Kabayans : 5 arrested over hacking of 700 bank accounts in the #Philippines Full details below 3 #Filipinos, 2 #Africans held over online heist using 'phishing' attacks 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚? ‘Phishing’ is a type of online fraud used to acquire customer information by sending fake emails that claim to be from a legitimate entity. Manila: Filipino investigators announceed the arrest on Friday (January 21, 2022) of five people — 3 Filipinos and 2 African nationals — in connection with an online heist that reportedly compromised hundreds of bank accounts in the country. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Customers of BDO Unibank, the country’s top lender, reported unauthorised transactions in mid-December which siphoned off millions from their bank accounts. The scammers allegedly used the digital payment platform Gcash in their attacks. Digital payments saw a massive j…

Manila: The Department of Health (DOH) reported on 21,819 new COVID cases on Friday (January 7), the highest single-day increase in the Asian country. The highest-ever tally was recorded on September 16, 2021, at 21,181 cases. The uncertainty amid rising COVID cases sent Philippine stocks index tumbling on Friday even as the peso weakened. Cebu Pacific, the country’s biggest airline, has cancelled more domestic flights from Saturday to Monday (January 8-10). In its latest case bulletin, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said it recorded a 40% positivity rate from the 70,049 tests conducted. The new infections raised the country’s COVID numbers to 2.9 million cases — of which 77,369 are active cases. The health department also reported the recovery of 973 patients and the death of 129 others. DOH also noted that 21,656 — or 99% of the new cases reported on Friday — occurred within the past two weeks. “The top regions with cases in the recent two weeks were NCR…

Kuwait City, 7th January 2022: Philippines Child Marriage Ban Takes Effect, Prison terms up to 12 years PHILIPPINES: CHILD MARRIAGE BAN TAKES EFFECT PRISON TERMS OF UP TO 12 YEARS FOR MARRYING OR COHABITING WITH ANYONE UNDER 18 Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six gels enters wedlock before the age of 18. The impoverished Southeast Asian country has the 12th highest number of child marriages in the world, according to Britain-based rights group Plan International, with long-held cultural practices and gender inequalities hindering change. But the new law, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte and released to the public on Thursday, lays out prison terms of up to 12 years for marrying or cohabiting with anyone under 18 People arranging or solemnising underage unions also face the same penalty. The state views child marriage as a practice constituting child abus…

Kuwait City, 7th January 2022: Philippines’ Arrest of Un-Vaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders Philippines’ Duterte orders arrest of unvaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders MANILA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday people who have not taken COVID-19 shots will be arrested if they disobeyed stay-at-home orders as infections hit a three-month high. Duterte in an televised address to the nation said he was asking community leaders to look for unvaccinated people and make sure they were confined to their homes. "If he refuses, if he goes out his house and goes around the community, he can be restrained. If he refuses, the captain is empowered now to arrest recalcitrant persons," Duterte said. Daily coronavirus infections in the Philippines hit the highest since Sept. 26 at 17,220 cases on Thursday, the health ministry said, including those caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The tally, which wa…

Kuwait City, 29th November 2021: Philippines tightens border controls, iiQ8 News The #Philippines has further tightened border controls to keep out the #Omicron variant, adding seven #European countries to a travel ban that initially covered seven #African nations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The country’s coronavirus task force placed #Austria, Czech Republic, #Hungary, The #Netherlands, #Switzerland, #Belgium and #Italy under its “red list” until December 15, banning the entry of travellers from these countries. Live Updates : Where has the #Botswana #Covid Variant been spotted? Tracking COVID-19 variant #Omicron confirmed and suspected cases Listed Below TOTAL CASES - Confirmed 155, Suspected -1,085 South Africa - Confirmed 109, Suspected -990 Botswana Confirmed 19 Netherlands - Confirmed 13, Suspected -48 UK - Confirmed 3, Suspected -24 Hong Kong- Confirmed 2 Australia -Confirmed 2 Denmark- Confirmed 2 Italy -…