Category: News Stories

COTABATO CITY, March 14 (PNA) — Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles on Friday confirmed that the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Government of the Philippines…

By Ercel Maandig CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 14 (PNA) — The House Committee on Justice has unanimously endorsed the revival of the death penalty to fight the emergence of the international…

By Cielito M. Reganit MANILA, March 13 (PNA) — Alarmed with the reported rise in the unemployment rate last January, a Metro Manila lawmaker at the House of Representatives urged Congress on…

MANILA, March 13 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an administrative complaint filed by a taxpayer against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. Aranal Sereno. In an en banc decision, the…

MANILA, March 13 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III urged fellow Ateneans to join hands in building a better nation for the country’s future generation. In his speech during the 40th…

MANILA, March 13 (PNA) — While the government admitted that unemployment continues to be a challenge, the labor department said the country has posted two percent increase in employment annually. “Pag sinabing…

MANILA, March 12 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday declared as “valid” the arrest warrant issued by the San Fernando City, Pampanga Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 against Globe…

By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, March 12 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated on Wednesday that it could not give in to the request of P40,000 cash…

MANILA, March 11 (PNA) — More employment opportunities need to be encouraged in areas where victims of disasters tend to migrate to look for work, according to the National Economic and Development…

MANILA, March 11 (PNA) — The city government of Makati said on Tuesday it was not a surprise at all when Makati City and Pasig City emerged as “Selfie Capital of the…

MANILA, March 11 (PNA) — “We do not coerce ‘Yolanda’ survivors to praise our work.” This was the answer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday to the…

By Michaela Del Callar MANILA, March 11 (PNA) — The Philippines on Tuesday called China’s recent act of blocking two Filipino vessels carrying naval personnel and provisions to Manila-controlled Ayungin Shoal off…

By Lilybeth G. Ison MANILA, March 10 (PNA) — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released some P584.7 million to the Department of Agriculture-National Irrigation Administration (DA-NIA) for the restoration…

By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, March 10 (PNA) – Voting 21-0 with no abstention, the Senate on Monday passed on third and final reading Senate Bill 1733 or the Freedom of Information…

MANILA, March 10 (PNA) — Foreign investors continue to believe in the Philippine economy’s strength as shown by the 20 percent growth in net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to the country…