By Ade S. Fajardo In a previous article, we detailed how online lenders have targeted low income earning employees who are strapped for cash and are desperate for immediate relief. Unscrupulous lenders access the borrower’s mobile phone list of contacts. They then look into the photo gallery and use private or protected images and send …
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Beware of online loan sharks
By Ade S. Fajardo Online lending companies, Fast Cash Global Lending Inc., Unipeso Lending Company Inc., and Fynamics Lending Inc., have been summoned by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) over reports that they have accessed and used mobile phonebooks of their borrowers without the latter’s consent. Using data in the phones of their alleged victims, …
A way to look into bank accounts?
By Ade S. Fajardo A detainee at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, has come out with a sworn statement claiming that he is a founding member of the Inday Sara Duterte Is My President (ISIP), which was formed in 2020 in preparation for the 2022 presidential elections. Ramil Madriaga has submitted an affidavit to the …
Identifying the cyber author
By Ade S. Fajardo A man and his girlfriend had been in a relationship for three years. The romance ended when the woman became pregnant but refused to join the man in marriage. Probably realizing the man’s shortcomings by then, she decided to live with her parents. The man reacted negatively. In one visit, the …
A way to look into bank accounts?
By Ade S. Fajardo A detainee at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, has come out with a sworn statement claiming that he is a founding member of the Inday Sara Duterte Is My President (ISIP), which was formed in 2020 in preparation for the 2022 presidential elections. Ramil Madriaga has submitted an affidavit to the …
Fugitives from justice
By Ade S. Fajardo In a decision rendered in late November, the Supreme Court en banc, writing through Associate Justice Samuel Gaerlan, declared that accused persons who refuse to surrender and submit to the court’s jurisdiction should not be entitled to legal remedies. This is called the “fugitive disentitlement doctrine.” A person accused of a …
Bicol express rider
By Ade S. Fajardo In its unanimous decision penned by Justice Amy Lazaro, the Supreme Court summarized the PhilHealth brouhaha as follows: On December 11, 2023, the BCC (bicameral conference committee) submitted its report to both the House of Representatives and the Senate, recommending the approval of House Bill No. 8980 which, first, reflected an …
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By Ade S. Fajardo Flood control is the scandal that felled a Senate president. In May 2024, Chiz Escudero replaced Migz Zubiri as Senate head, one year before the national elections that saw administration candidates getting shellacked at the polls. Among his jubilant colleagues were Senators Joel Villanueva and Jinggoy Estrada, who now face the …
Is regime change an option at this time?
By Ade S. Fajardo Over the weekend, Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed over the radio that he has been approached and coaxed to be part of a “civil-military junta.” “Meron talagang nag-uudyok. May mga nagme-message sa akin — retired military — na gusto raw nila civil military-junta. May offer pa nga na maging bahagi ako ng …
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By Ade S. Fajardo Former Congressman Zaldy Co of Ako Bicol Party-list has accused President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. of receiving P25 billion in kickbacks, supposedly from P100 billion worth of project insertions in the 2025 General Appropriations Act. “After the approval of the budget in the General Appropriations Act of 2025, I asked the DPWH …