Category: General

Aurora: Aurora’s provincial police arrested four fugitives, two of them high-profile most wanted persons, in a series of province-wide operations conducted from March 6 to 7. According to Philippines News Agency, in Baler, a 30-year-old suspect from Barangay Suklayin was apprehended by local police and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) – provincial field unit. The arrest was made based on a warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 91 for simple theft under Article 309 of the Revised Penal Code. Meanwhile, in Maria Aurora, two suspects were captured on March 6 for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous

Taguig City: All Philippine actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) are solely based on national interest, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo reaffirmed on Saturday to counter claims by China that they are part of a foreign-backed agenda. Manalo issued the reaction after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the country’s actions to assert its rights over the region as a ‘plot’ in some foreign force’s ‘screenplay’ to discredit China. According to Philippines News Agency, the issue over WPS, Manalo said, is being ‘cast in the light of the strategic rivalry among the big powers, when actually the issue is

Bicol: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 5 (Bicol) reported on Friday that inflation in the region slowed down to 2.7 percent in February from 3.2 percent in January. According to Philippines News Agency, PSA-5 Director Cynthia Perdiz stated that the February inflation figure is also lower than the 2.9 percent recorded in the same month last year. Perdiz explained that the primary reason for the lower inflation rate is the slower increase in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which dropped to 2.7 percent from 3.7 percent in January. Additionally, the transport sector saw a slower price movement, registering

Seoul: Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, following a court ruling that allowed him to stand impeachment and criminal trials without detention over his failed attempt to impose martial law in December. Waving to his supporters, Yoon walked out of the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of the capital, after spending 52 days in custody on charges of inciting an insurrection. His release followed Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung’s decision not to appeal the court’s ruling. Within 30 minutes, Yoon arrived at his official residence in central Seoul. According to Philippines News Agency, Yoon

Pili: At least 26 members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) were hired on the spot during the one-day Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) job fair at the Ka Fuerte Capitol Compound in Pili, Camarines Sur on Friday. According to Philippines News Agency, the Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas job fair is part of the whole-of-government initiative of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to ensure that 4Ps members are able to secure employment to help them achieve self-sufficiency. More than 3,000 job seekers attended the employment fair,