MANILA, Dec 10 (PNA) — Libreng Tawag and charging stations for both PLDT mobile subsidiaries, Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) and Sun Cellular (Sun) are still open for the public in some areas…
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Update: TS ‘Ruby’ to exit PAR by Wednesday evening; LPA to enter by Friday –PAGASA
MANILA, Dec. 10 (PNA) – As tropical storm “Ruby” is expected to leave the country Wednesday evening, another weather disturbance is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday,…
CA put off action on Purisima’s plea
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Dec. 10 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) on Wednesday deferred action on the petition of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Alan Purisima to…
PNP chief asks CA to stop his suspension
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Dec. 10 (PNA) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Alan Purisima on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the implementation of the…
House okays 5-month emergency power resolution on third and final reading
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Dec. 10 (PNA) — The House of Representatives, voting 145-18, approved on third and final reading on Wednesday House Joint Resolution No. 21 granting emergency powers for…
Update: TS ‘Ruby’ to exit PAR by Wednesday evening; LPA to enter by Friday –PAGASA
MANILA, Dec. 10 (PNA) – As tropical storm “Ruby” is expected to leave the country Wednesday evening, another weather disturbance is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday,…
Banks shy away from BSP’s rediscount facility
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Dec 10 (PNA) — Banks continue to lend less from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) rediscount facility as financial institutions continue to beef up their capital and…
PNP releases names of 9 fatalities, 42 wounded in Bukidnon bus bombing
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan De Oro City, Dec. 10 (PNA) — The regional police command released on Wednesday evening the names of the fatalities and those wounded in the bombing of the passenger…
DSWD’s NROC releases 15,800 food packs for ‘Ruby’ victims in Regions IV-A and IV-B
MANILA, Dec. 9 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Tuesday that some 5,000 food packs were released by the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay…
Initial damage assessment in Samar, Bicol provinces light — AFP
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Dec. 9 (PNA) — Citing initial information obtained from damage assessment overflights of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US Joint Special Operation Task…
Tropical depression ‘Ruby’ to exit PHL by Wednesday –PAGASA
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Dec 9 (PNA) -– Tropical depression “Ruby” is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility by Wednesday night, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration…
9 killed, 17 hurt in Bukidnon bus blast
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Dec. 9 (PNA) — Nine people were killed while 17 others were hurt after a bomb exploded at a passenger bus passing through Maramag town, Bukidnon Tuesday…
APEC members to offer a million scholarships by 2020
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Dec. 9 (PNA) — Some one million students from Asia and the Pacific are set to benefit from the planned scholarship grants to be offered by members of…
Tropical storm ‘Ruby’ makes 4th landfall in Batangas
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Dec. 8 (PNA) -– Tropical storm “Ruby” made its fourth landfall in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas at 5:45 p.m. Monday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…
‘Ruby’ likely to weaken further
MANILA, Dec. 8 (PNA) — The government weather agency is expecting storm ‘Ruby’ (international name ‘Hagupit’) to weaken further before reaching the West Philippine Sea. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration…