Jealous husband shoots wife, self after receiving text message about wife’s alleged affair

Benjie B. Talisic 02/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A text message from an unknown sender suggesting about his wife’s alleged affair with another man drove a husband to shoot his wife and himself in Tuburan town in northwestern Cebu on Saturday,…

Central Visayas cops prepare for TD Samuel

Nestle L. Semilla 11/19/2018

The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is now on heightened alert in anticipation of the ill effects of Tropical Depression Samuel that is expected to make a landfall in Cebu on Wednesday morning. Chief Supt.…

NTC-7 warns public on text scams

Futch A. Inso 08/14/2018

The National Telecommunications Commission in Central Visayas (NTC-7) has cautioned the public against text scams. Engr. Bill Peralta of NTC-7 warned the public not to immediately believe on text messages informing them that they won on a…

Tomas confirms receiving text warnings on ambush

Morexette B. Erram 08/06/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena claimed that he still continues to receive texts from ‘a qualified source’, stating that he, and some of his allies – Tejero village councilman Jessielou Cadungog and Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak…

How FB collected phone call, text logs

AP 03/27/2018

The news that Facebook’s Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant. But just why was Facebook able to siphon off records of who its users…

Facebook questioned about pulling Android call, text data

AP 03/26/2018

On the same day Facebook bought ads in U.S. and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices. The…

Street barbecue as text

Raymund Fernandez 09/26/2017

More than a decade ago, a friend and co-teacher who recently returned from a PhD program in UP Diliman told me, “Everything is text.” I was quite incredulous. I have been a visual artist for as long…

Nobleza text transcripts show strong Abu link

Nestle L. Semilla 05/13/2017

A FULL transcript of text conversations done by an arrested police officer with members of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) shows her “strong connection” with the ASG. The 36 text messages in Tausug taken from the…

CIDG taps Tausug translators to interpret Abu text messages

Nestle L. Semilla 05/10/2017

  THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) tapped the help of the Tausug ethnic group to translate the messages in the phones confiscated from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members and from Supt.…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/19/2017

SAVED BY TEXT A public official lined up to avail of a fastfood outlet’s free breakfast sandwich offer when he was spotted by reporters who also lined up for the promo. Try as he might, the public…

5 signs a text message is a scam

08/21/2014

MANILA, Philippines–With more and more people becoming victims of text message scams, the Senate has  sought to probe what telecommunications companies and government regulators are doing against the illicit activities. “There is a need to investigate how…

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