By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) — The Philippine Air Force’s second Airbus C-295 medium transport aircraft arrived at Clark Air Base, Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft…
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Palace exec welcomes more studies on House measure requiring vehicle owners to have garage
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) — A Malacanang executive favors the conduct of more studies on a House bill that seeks to require people to have parking space in their…
Malacanang declares Sept. 25 ’15 as regular national holiday
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III has declared Sept. 25, 2015, a Friday, as a national holiday in line with the Muslims’ observance of Eid’l Adha…
Angara urges gov’t to come up with counter proposal on personal tax rates cut
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) – Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara on Tuesday urged economic managers of the Aquino administration to come up with a counterproposal “to break the…
Customs seizes 402 undeclared balikbayan boxes worth over Php1M
By Ferdinand G. Patinio MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a consolidated shipment at the Manila International Container Port found to have 402 undeclared balikbayan boxes…
No truth to Chinese building halt in West Philippine Sea
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Sept. 15 (PNA) — Despite earlier Chinese claims that it has stopped its reclamation works in disputed portions of the West Philippine Sea, Western Command head Vice…
Promoting women’s economic participation in PHL and APEC
MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — In recent decades, there has been an economic transformation in many countries, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of…
SC asked to stop COMELEC’s lease of 71,000 OMR units for 2016 polls
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Election (COMELEC) from enforcing a resolution…
President Aquino dares retired generals to give own solution to achieve peace in Mindanao
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) – President Benigno Aquino III on Monday challenged the retired generals to give their own solution if they claimed the Comprehensive Agreement on the…
Nine years needed to rehab mothballed nuke plant
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — The National Power Corp. (Napocor) on Monday said the government needs at least nine years to rehabilitate and assess the long-stalled Bataan Nuclear…
ASEAN ministers hold special session, field day in IRRI rice science marketplace
By the PNA Calabarzon Bureau IRRI, LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Sept. 12 (PNA) — Unfazed by the tropics sweltering heat on Saturday, ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and their accompanying delegation…
Trade and Industry Secretary Domingo resigns
MANILA, Sept. 12 (PNA) — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory Domingo has quit the Cabinet, Malacañang confirmed, but President Benigno S. Aquino III is yet to respond on the…
BOC tightens rules on transshipment
MANILA, Sept. 12 (PNA) — Shipments of goods are now mandated to file consumption entries at the port of first discharge to prevent cargoes from missing during transshipment, the Bureau of Customs…
IMF to PHL: Get more people to pay taxes while lowering income tax rate
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Sept. 12 (PNA) — As the Philippine Congress seeks to finalize a comprehensive tax reform law, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed that the country get more people…
Palace official bares MMDA measures to ease traffic
MANILA, Sept. 12 (PNA) — The Metro Manila Development Authority has come up with resolutions to solve the traffic woes of commuters and motorists in the metropolis, a Palace official said on…