MANILA: Police have arrested a former police officer who was tagged as a wanted person in Manila.In a statement Tuesday, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat said Remigio Niala Estacio, 63, was arrested on M…
MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has received over PHP151 billion under the 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for its social protection programs, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Tuesday.The DBM issu…
LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during an “extraordinary” phone call prior to the war in Ukraine.In a new BBC documentary, Johnson said Putin tol…
MANILA: Higher electricity rates, among others, is expected to bring January 2023 domestic inflation rate to between 7.5 to 8.3 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Tuesday.In a statement, the central bank identified other possible dr…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday bared that he is eyeing a PHP1 billion housing subsidy fund for the recipients of the government’s low-cost housing units.Marcos made the pronouncement during the groundbreaking ceremony of the housi…
LEGAZPI CITY: Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) have seized at least 16,000 pieces of mangrove crablets locally known as “langaw-langaw” or “koto-koto” in an operation in Barangay Tabugon, Santa Elena town in …
