Manila - A fugitive, wanted for allegedly raping his housemaid more than a year ago, was arrested in an eastern city while placing a bet in the Philippines biggest lottery jackpot ever, a police report said Saturday.
The report said Ariel Ayque, 52, was arrested late Friday while placing his bet in a lottery outlet in Naga City, 200 kilometres south-east of Manila.
Ayque was accused of raping his housemaid in November 2007 and a local judge issued a warrant for his arrest in March 2008, it said.
Manila - For the past three weeks, Filipinos from all walks of life and ages nationwide have been dreaming of the same thing: winning the biggest prize ever in Philippine lottery.
The Superlotto jackpot was estimated to reach a staggering 320 million pesos (6.6 million dollars) by Sunday after several winner-less draws since last month, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PSCO).
Manila - Twenty people were arrested Thursday in anti-drug operations in a town and a city outside the Philippine capital, a regional police chief said.
Twelve suspected drug dealers and users were arrested in separate raids in the resort town of Pagsanjan in Laguna province, 40 kilometres south of Manila, Chief Superintendent Perfecto Palad said.
Palad said another eight suspected drug dealers and users were arrested in near-simultaneous raids in the nearby city of San Pablo.
Manila - A suspected Muslim militant, who is allegedly a bomb expert, has been arrested in the Philippine capital, the country's police chief said Wednesday.
Director General Jesus Verzosa said Muaweya Abubakar Masabpi, also known as Aman, was arrested last week along a main highway in Manila's suburban Pasay City.
Versoza said Masabpi is a native of the southern province of Maguindanao and is an expert in manufacturing improvised explosive devices.
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that unprotected male-to-male sex was fuelling the spread of HIV and AIDS in Asia, where the epidemic could worsen amid a lack of services to gays.
"Men who have sex with men have been identified as one of the most at-risk populations for HIV/AIDS," the Manila-based WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific said in a statement ahead of a meeting in Hong Kong.
"Asia is believed to have the world's largest number of men having sex with men, estimated at 10 million," the office added.
Manila - Amid grim prospects of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos losing their jobs because of the global economic downturn, the government is banking on sending more workers overseas to help ease a projected rise in unemployment at home.
The government has even started reviewing deployment bans to risky destinations such as Iraq, Lebanon and Nigeria to find alternative jobs for retrenched Filipino workers.
Manila - A fugitive, wanted for allegedly raping his housemaid more than a year ago, was arrested in an eastern city while placing a bet in the Philippines biggest lottery jackpot ever, a police report said Saturday.
Manila - For the past three weeks, Filipinos from all walks of life and ages nationwide have been dreaming of the same thing: winning the biggest prize ever in Philippine lottery.
Manila - Twenty people were arrested Thursday in anti-drug operations in a town and a city outside the Philippine capital, a regional police chief said.
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that unprotected male-to-male sex was fuelling the spread of HIV and AIDS in Asia, where the epidemic could worsen amid a lack of services to gays.
Manila - Amid grim prospects of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos losing their jobs because of the global economic downturn, the government is banking on sending more workers overseas to help ease a projected rise in unemployment at home.
