MANILA – Personal remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 3.3 percent in August, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. Data released by the BSP on Tuesday showed that personal remittances during the month amounted to USD3.2 billion,
MANILA – The Bureau of Corrections on Tuesday reported that 20 of its personnel have been dismissed from the service since Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. assumed office two years ago. Meanwhile, 70 others have been suspended, 10 fined
MANILA: Charges have been filed against the South African national who was caught with PHP42.1 million worth of shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Tuesday. In a statement, the BOC-Customs Intelligence
About 16 percent of the 165,000 Grades 1 and 7 learners in the Ilocos Region targeted for the school-based immunization program ‘Bakuna Eskwela’ have received measles-rubella (MR) and tetanus-diphtheria (TD) vaccines. Citing data as of Oct. 13, Department of Education
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government here has rescheduled to Nov. 22 the bidding for the proposed Negros Occidental Bulk Water Supply Project (NBWSP) as more companies are expected to bid for the PHP1.2-billion public-private partnership (PPP) initiative. After the
MANILA – Police authorities rescued 10 victims, including five minors, from two alleged online prostitution dens in Quezon province. In a statement Tuesday, Philippine National Police Anti Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) chief Maj. Gen. Ronnie Francis Cariaga said the operations were
