NPC gets bomb threat, suspends work at Pasay office

Alden M. Monzon - @inquirerdotnet 05/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines—The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Friday (May 12) received a bomb threat online, prompting the government agency to evacuate the premises of its office at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City and…

Sotto gets support of Cebu 7th District mayors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vice Presidential candidate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, has received the support of mayors of Cebu’s 7th District who are mostly members of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Seven municipal mayors including Dumanjug…

Cebu City to NPC: Go after ‘bogus’ online sellers

Dyrecka Letigio 08/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Have you tried receiving items that you did not order online? Cebu City Councilor Raul Alcoseba said this practice by some bogus online sellers has already victimized a lot of city residents. Alcoseba…

NPC set to meet with Facebook PH over the surge of fake accounts

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 06/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines  — The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is set to meet with officials of Facebook Philippines to discuss the sudden surge of fake accounts on the social media site. In a statement on Saturday, NPC Commissioner…

Complaints against online lenders decline after National Privacy Commission issues stop processing order

Irene R. Sino Cruz 12/02/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines —The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday, December 2, 2019, said privacy-related complaints against online lending companies had declined following the enforcement against dubious online lending application. The NPC data showed a downward trend…

Cebu 2019 elections: Men still outnumber women candidates in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – This May, the fight for the top position in Cebu will be one for the books in the history of the Central Visayas region. For the first time, it’s going to be a…

Yapha on death threats: Politically motivated

Morexette Marie Erram 02/20/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – Former Pinamungajan Mayor Geraldine Yapha said the death threat she received on Wednesday morning, February 20, 2019, was politically motivated.  Yapha, who is running for Cebu Third District representative in this year’s May…

PJ Lhuillier group admits data breach on its pawnshop email server

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some personal identity information of around hundreds of thousands of Cebuana Lhuillier clients has been stolen. This is revealed in a statement issued by the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies, the mother company…

Tourism sector urged: Protect clients’ personal information

Inquirer.net 11/21/2018

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday reminded the country’s travel and tourism industry players to make sure their customers’ personal information remains protected against data theft. NPC Chairman Raymund Liboro encouraged travel and tourism companies to…

Bakud forges alliance with NPC

Doris C. Bongcac 10/27/2018

The Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (Bakud) party in the fifth district of Cebu has forged an alliance with the Nationalists Peoples Coalition (NPC) for the May 2019 election. Joseph “Ace” Durano, Bakud party president, said…

Bakud maintains allegiance with NPC

Rosalie Abatayo 10/09/2018

Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (Bakud) maintains its allegiance with the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) for the 2019 midterm elections, Vice-governor Agnes Magpale said on Tuesday. Magpale said they maintained their alliance with NPC because the…

SC rules with finality to award Naga Power Plant to Aboitiz firm

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/07/2016

The Supreme Court (SC) has denied with finality the urgent motion filed by SPC Power Corp. (SPC) to reverse the High Tribunal’s ruling that awarded the Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu to an Aboitiz subsidiary. Aboitiz…

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