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Scammers Are Now Driving Around with Fake Cell Towers

Cybercriminals are no longer content with just sending you the odd phishing text or two. They are using so-called "SMS blasters" that basically act as a portable cell tower, tricking your phones into connecting with them as they cruise by.

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Published at 2025-09-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Legal, News and Events
Tags: mobile, text scam

Gov’t Not Proposing Any New Taxes Until Next Year

THE Philippines will not be imposing new taxes until next year, Finance Secretary Ralph Rector said yesterday as the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed him as the country’s Finance chief. Recto told the CA finance committee that the government is pursuing only tax measures that “are already in the advance stages in Congress” and made the assurance that there will be no new tax measures until at least next year.

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Published at 2024-03-14 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : News and Events, Politics
Tags: BIR, government

Pinoys Flag TikTok Account Posting Dubious Info on West PH Sea

Filipinos flagged a TikTok account spreading some dubious information about maritime tensions in the West Philippine Sea involving Chinese and Philippine vessels. A Reddit user on Monday raised alarm over the TikTok account @mediaunlock which posts clips of news presenters talking about aggressions in the West Philippine Sea.

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Published at 2024-03-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Legal, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, South China Sea, TikTok

Why It is Important to Structure the PR in A Certain Format?

Read about why it is important to structure the press release in a certain format to garner maximum visibility Sharing below

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Published at 2023-08-04 by Inkrepublique
Categories : News and Events

Filipinos in Sudan Urged to Leave Immediately as 'full-scale Civil War' Looms

"The Philippine Embassy in Cairo strongly reiterates its call for all Filipinos in Sudan to leave the country immediately to ensure their safety," the embassy said in a statement on Wednesday. Filipinos who wish to return home should provide the embassy with their full name, contact number, and copy of their passport. They are also advised to tell the embassy if they have a valid passport or not

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Published at 2023-07-12 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : News and Events

High Inflation Seen Driving Credit Card Use

Higher inflation in the Philippines has driven more people to use their credit cards to pay for their needs and wants, a personal finance professional said. “Because of the high inflation rate, the purchasing power of people’s money has been decreased already. And because of that, people go to credit cards for their spending habit”.

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Published at 2023-07-11 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, News and Events

Mayon Volcano, Larger Pyroclastic Flows

The actively growing lava dome in the inner summit crater continues to shed hot glowing rock falls by partial gravitational collapse of the dome. Such larger currents (four in particular) occurred at the volcano this evening between 18:09 and 20:00 local time by reaching a distance of approx. 3-4 km from the summit.

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Published at 2023-06-30 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment, News and Events
Tags: Mayon Volcano

Bongong Warns Soil Quality 'under Threat'

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the quality of soil in the Philippines was “under threat” and warned that “more serious consequences” could happen if the country failed to address the issue. About 75 percent of the Philippines’ “total crop land is vulnerable to erosion in various degrees, with agriculture losing about 457 million tons of soil annually.

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Published at 2023-06-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Marcos, President, agriculture, farming, production

AI Images of Erupting Philippine Volcano Do Not Show Current Activity

Images that appear to show the Philippines' Mount Mayon spraying a tall fountain of lava in the air has been shared tens of thousands of times online as the volatile volcano spewed ash and rocks in June 2023. The images have been generated using an artificial intelligence tool and do not reflect Mayon's activity as of June 22, a researcher for the agency that monitors the archipelago's volcanoes told AFP.

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Published at 2023-06-20 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment, News and Events, Technology
Tags: Albay, Mayon Volcano, Volcano, facebook

Philippines Warns of Steam-driven Eruption at Bulusan Volcano

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Thursday warned of a possibility of steam-driven eruptions at Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province, on southeastern tip of Luzon island.

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Published at 2023-06-01 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment, News and Events
Tags: Volcano

Philippines Sees Nearly 2,500 Maternal Deaths in 2021: UN Agency

At least 2,478 women died due to childbirth in the Philippines in 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Philippines said Sunday, expressing concern about the rising number of maternal deaths. "In the Philippines, we noticed an increase of maternal deaths during the past years: in 2019, 1,458 women died of maternal causes; this number increased to 2,478 in 2021," UNFPA Philippines said.

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Published at 2023-05-14 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Health, News and Events
Tags: childbirth, women

Marcos Says PH Bases Could Be 'useful' if Taiwan Attacked

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday that granting U.S. access to Philippine military bases was a defensive step that would be “useful” if China attacked Taiwan. “Now there’s an additional aspect to it,” he said. “And that is … tensions across the Taiwan Straits seem to be continuing to increase. Then the safety of our Filipino nationals in Taiwan becomes of primordial importance.”

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Published at 2023-05-05 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Defense, Marcos, President, Taiwan

WWII Sex Slave Survivors Reject Compensation Move

Two of some 10 victims forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II and still alive in the Philippines have dismissed a proposed compensation package saying money is useless at their age. “What can I do with so much money at my age? I can only keep them for my grandchildren,” Narcisa Claveria, 92, told UCA News.

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Published at 2023-03-13 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : History, Legal, News and Events
Tags: Japanese, Rights, country, government, women

Oriental Mindoro Oil Spill Now Affecting Tourist Spots—DOT

Based on the information gathered by the agency, the oil spill has affected several Marine Protected Areas in the Municipality of Pola in Oriental Mindoro, such as the KingFisher Reserve, St. John the Baptist Marine Sanctuary, Song of the Sea Fish Sanctuary, Stella Mariz Fish Sanctuary, Bacawan Fish Sanctuary, St. Peter the Rock Fish Sanctuary, and the San Isidro Labrador Fish Sanctuary.

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Published at 2023-03-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Environment, News and Events
Tags: Mindoro, Resort, Sanctuary, Tourism, coral reefs, fish

PH Can Now Export Dried Pili Nuts to EU's 27 Member States

The Philippines can now export dried pili nuts to European Union’s (EU’s) 27 member states, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Tuesday, March 7. It allows dried pili nuts to be added to the Union’s list of novel foods that may be placed on the EU market after meeting the EU’s food safety and labeling requirements.

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Published at 2023-03-07 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Legal, News and Events
Tags: EU, export