Identifying fake online dating and social media profiles has become one of the biggest concerns for thousands of people all around the world who are seeking love and friendship online, and the Philippines is no exception. In fact, the Philippines is a high risk country for romance scams and internet fraud, so when it comes […]
Hiring new employees is always a risky business, but when you`re looking for foreign talent the risks are even greater. In the Philippines? Even greater! Many of the largest and most successful global companies have expanded to the Philippines. The fact that a great proportion of Filipinos speak English makes the country attractive to multinational […]
Premarital background checks are booming in the Philippines. A growing number of people are hiring Philippines investigators to check the present and past life of prospective brides and grooms, but especially of Filipina brides. Is this a just a trend or is it that people are getting more and more aware of the risks? With […]
In the past few months, Muslim jihadists in the Middle East have been busy terrorizing the world, with their brutal beheadings and barbaric videos published for the world to see. Terrorist militants have not only been busy beheading hostages to capture international media attention, they have also been using all their power to expand and […]
Filipinas and scamming have made the news again, and not exactly in the way you might think. The local newspaper Inquirer reported that the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had cited three cases involving Filipinas who were duped by supposed lovers they met through chat rooms and social networks. Whether this is true or […]
Only seven months ago, the Philippines, and specifically the city of Tacloban, went through the roughest natural disaster that the country has seen. Typhoon Haiyan had made its way through, leaving behind a city turned into rubble and death all around. The impact of this disaster was so extreme that the entire world was shocked, […]