By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct. 3 (PNA) — With just three more months left before the Visit the Philippines Year (VPY) 2015 campaign kicks off, the country marked it latest tourism…
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President Aquino forms National Organizing Committee for Papal visit
MANILA, Oct. 3 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has directed the mobilization of government resources to ensure the smooth and orderly visit of His Holiness Pope Francis in the Philippines…
POEA suspends recruitment agencies for misrepresentation of HSW applicants
MANILA, Oct. 3 (PNA) — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has ordered the preventive suspension of recruitment agencies and employers for misrepresentation of Filipino household worker applicants (HSWs), a modus operandi…
President Aquino duty-bound to fulfill mandate from the people, says Palace official
MANILA, Oct. 3 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III will continue to fulfill his duties as mandated by the people and carry out reforms he has initiated since the start of…
2015 budget for State Universities and Colleges up by P5.2B
MANILA, Sept. 2 (PNA) — Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio Abad said the budget for the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) had a net increase of P5.2 billion from…
President Aquino not surprised by results of Pulse Asia survey on term extension, Charter change –Palace
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Oct 2 (PNA) — Malacanang said on Thursday President Benigno S. Aquino III is not surprised with the results of a Pulse Asia survey showing that 62 percent…
Consortium inks concession agreement for Php65-B LRT-1 Cavitex
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct. 2 (PNA) — The concession agreement for the Php65-billion Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite Extension and Operations and Maintenance Project was finally signed by…
SC stops QC plan to sell UP-Ayala Technohub
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Oct. 1 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday stopped the local government of Quezon City from bidding out for sale the UP-Ayala Land Technohub. This…
President Aquino vows more stringent assessment before sending Filipino troops overseas
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Oct. 1 (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday vowed a more rigorous evaluation of the risks that Filipino soldiers will face the next time the country…
Lawmakers say Congress moving towards passing priority measures to set better conditions for inclusive growth
By Cielito M. Reganit MANILA, Sept. 30 (PNA) — Two lawmakers on Tuesday assured that members of the two Chambers of Congress are working hand in hand to pass priority measures that…
DPWH to pave all national roads by 2016
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Sept. 30 (PNA) — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson said that there will be more surprises for Filipinos in the last two…
Tetangco cites 3 I’s needed to sustain PHL’s growth momentum
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Sept 30 (PNA) — Positive developments in the Philippines continue to face challenges both domestic and external but continued implementation of the government’s reform agenda is seen to…
Escudero confident 2015 budget will be pass as scheduled
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Sept. 20 (PNA) — The chairman of the Senate committee on Finance has assured on Saturday that they can pass the Php2.606-trillion 2015 General Appropriations Act (GAA)…
Abolish Irrigation Service fees collected from farmers
MANILA, Sept 20 (PNA) — Party-list lawmakers have found a practical and reasonable way to unburden the nation’s lowly-farmers from paying irrigation service fees, and help- avert food crisis. Hon. Anthony M….
Solon disappointed over mobbing of Abad at UP
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 20 (PNA) – Senator Pia Cayetano on Saturday joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines (UP) school of economics in expressing extreme disappointment over…