News Roundup 18 June 2023
Jun 18, 2023 • 3 min Read
PAGCOR warns vs suspicious offshore gaming job offers | PHILSTAR.COM – MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation advised the public to be cautious of offshore gaming-related employment opportunities offered in dating and messaging applications.
The state-run gaming and regulatory firm said it is investigating reports of offshore gaming jobs offered by “unscrupulous groups” to Filipinos and foreigners.
“The job postings, usually looking for prospective Customer Service Representatives with experience in cryptocurrency trading, entice unsuspecting victims with high-paying jobs and numerous attractive benefits only to find themselves being used in scam activities,” PAGCOR said in an advisory.
According to PAGCOR, online dating services and cryptocurrency investments are not part of its offshore gaming licensees and service providers.
It asked the public to report information on such unauthorized activities to its hotline 0927-809-8610 or email info@pagcor.ph.
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Bangsamoro leaders ask SC to nullify some provisions of region’s election code | PHILSTAR.COM –MANILA, Philippines — Fifteen Bangsamoro leaders asked the Supreme Court to nullify certain provisions of the autonomous region’s electoral code and issue a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of the legislation.
In their 64-page petition, the Bangsamoro leaders alleged the Bangsamoro Electoral Code was issued by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and signed by Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Interim Chief Minister Ahod Balawag “with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.”
The petitioners said in a statement Sunday that the BEC encroaches upon the powers of the Supreme Court to promulgate rules and regulations concerning election cases filed within lower courts.
They added the provision defining and penalizing election offenses encroaches upon the powers of the Commission on Elections “since matters pertaining to election offenses are within the powers of the Comelec.”
The BEC was approved by the 64 members of the BTA and immediately signed by the chief minister on March 8. The law took effect on May 17.
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7 gunmen slain in police operation in Maguindanao Sur | INQUIRER.NET – CAMP SK PENDATUN, MAGUINDANAO DEL SUR – Seven gunmen allegedly involved in the 2016 bombing of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) power line in Carmen, Cotabato, and the attack of Datu Paglas public market in May 2021, were killed during a shootout with police at early dawn on Sunday, June 18.
Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, police regional director of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of Maguindanao del Sur were to serve the warrants of arrest against Nasser Yusseff Husain and his brother Norjihad Madidis Husain in Barangay Damawato, Datu Paglas, Maguindanao del Norte at 2 a.m. when the targets resisted arrest and opened fire on the troops, triggering a firefight that lasted about two hours.
Nobleza said the wanted persons were allegedly involved in criminal activities in Maguindanao and Cotabato province, including the bombing of the NGCP power line in Cotabato and the attack and occupation of the Datu Paglas public market.
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17 government employees arrested in Laguna | INQUIRER.NET – LUCENA CITY – At least 17 elected government officials and employees were arrested by policemen in Laguna province from November 2022 to April 2023 for alleged involvement in illegal drugs and other criminal activities.
Laguna police in a report on Saturday, June 17, said the 10 suspects who were arrested for illegal drug activities are second-level government employees, barangay officials, a teacher, a policeman, a Philippine Coast Guard member, and a Philippine Red Cross volunteer.
The report also said three more barangay councilors were nabbed for illegal gambling, two cops for robbery-extortion and illegal gambling, a barangay chairman for serious physical injury, and a town councilor who voluntarily surrendered himself for rape charges during the same period.
The report did not identify the arrested lawbreakers.
The suspects were slapped with the corresponding criminal charges.
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