Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 05:41:17 +0000
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for an inquiry into the alleged data breach caused by a previous contractor, producing passports for DFA.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:50:00 +0000
%%excerpt%% The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday urged the government to identify and impose penalties against those behind the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:12:32 +0000
APPLICANTS for passport renewal should not be burdened by requiring them to bring their birth certificates after the personal data breach, Malacanang said on Monday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:18:30 +0000
The passport data mess could have been prevented if passport printing was not subcontracted to a private company, Bayan Muna said.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:17:01 +0000
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. on Monday insisted that he was not “misinformed” about the data breach issue in the agency as one of his predecessors claimed.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 02:46:26 +0000
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. could have been “misinformed” about the data breach issue in the agency as there was no data stolen by a previous contractor, a former Foreign Affairs chief said Monday.
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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:02:51 +0000
There has been “no leak so far” of information amid the passport data breach, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:45:34 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday assured the public that the government is investigating the passport data breach which it called a “serious and grave matter.” This came after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed over the weekend that a previous contractor “got pissed” when its contract was terminated and “made off” with passport holders’ […]
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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:00:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A newborn, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, is now one step closer to acquiring much-needed treatment in the United States. In a Facebook post by Department Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato on Sunday, he said the agency was able to give Maverick Sevrin “Sevy” Co his passport just a […]
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 06:40:47 +0000
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. vowed that he would unmask the people who were responsible for the recent passport data breach.
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