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Group warns government against amending SIM registration law

September 21, 2024 - 12:00am

An advocacy group championing consumer rights has cautioned the government against amending the SIM registration law, saying...

Business

DICT to propose amendments to SIM registration law

By Ghio Ong | September 12, 2024 - 12:00am

The Department of Information and Communications Technology will lobby for amendments to Republic Act 11934 or the SIM Registration...

Headlines

PAOCC wants middlemen removed in SIM card sale

By Janvic Mateo | September 7, 2024 - 12:00am

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is pushing to remove middlemen SIM card sellers to prevent scammers...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Canceled contract

August 31, 2024 - 12:00am

As raids on Philippine offshore gaming operators have shown, subscriber identity modules with fraudulent registration continue to be used for a wide range of cyber scams, despite the passage of Republic Act 11934,...

Opinion

DICT readies guidelines for SIM card registry audit

By Ranier Allan Ronda | August 1, 2024 - 12:00am

The Department of Information and Communications Technology is preparing the guidelines for the conduct of an audit of the...

Headlines

Cybercrime group wants crackdown on SIM wholesale distributors

By Ranier Allan Ronda | July 5, 2024 - 12:00am

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center has asked the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and...

Headlines

DICT wants audit of registered SIM cards

By Ranier Allan Ronda | June 27, 2024 - 12:00am

With text scams persisting despite a year of enforcement of the SIM Card Registration Law, the Department of Information and...

Headlines

Globe reminds users no active unregistered SIMs

By Kristofer Purnell | June 26, 2024 - 12:27pm

Telecommunications company Globe is reminding its nearly 60 million subscribers that it does not have any active subscriber...

Gadgets

SIM registration law failed to curb scams – group

By Janvic Mateo | June 21, 2024 - 12:00am

Instead of eliminating text-based phone scams, the implementation of the SIM registration law allowed the proliferation of...

Nation

3 huli ng NBI sa ilegal na pagbebenta ng SIM cards

By Angie dela Cruz | April 20, 2024 - 12:00am

Hnuli ng mga ahente ng National Bureau of Investigation ang tatlong katao na ilegal na nagbebenta ng SIM cards sa Mayn...

PSN Metro