4 nabbed for selling signal jammers

Police seized 14 signal jamming devices and arrested a store owner and his three employees selling them in Caloocan City, Philippine National Police chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said Friday.

Police seized 14 signal jamming devices and arrested a store owner and his three employees selling them in Caloocan City, Philippine National Police chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said Friday.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has upgraded its anti-cybercrime body, turning it into one of PNP’s National Operational Support Unit in a bid to further strengthen the agency’s capability to go after offenders on the Internet.

It could have been an upsetting start of 2013 for Ariane Gonzaga who left behind some of her personal effects inside a cab. But thanks to technology and a mistake by the user, Gonzaga recovered them in no time.

The recent arrest of anti-mining advocate Esperlita “Perling” Garcia over libel charges for posting critical comments on Facebook against a local government official in Cagayan demonstrated what cyber libel can do to ordinary people, lawyer and Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance member Argee Guevarra said Tuesday.

An anti-Cybercrime Law group denied Friday that it hacked into a local news website by redirecting users to its Facebook page.

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) is planning to widen its reach through the “Electronic Dalaw”(e-Dalaw) program that will help inmates contact their family and friends without having to leave the jail premises, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990 AM said Friday.