PNS — Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) advises rice farmers in six municipalities in Isabela and some parts in Bicol and Nueva Ecija to cautiously use rodenticides as poison rat baits. Farmers…
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Vital inputs to nail rice self-sufficiency identified
PNS — Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country’s lead agency in rice research and development, pinpointed rice production inputs crucial in attaining rice self-sufficiency by 2013 in spite of the country’s…
Is Brillantes in?
PNS — MALACANANG has yet to confirm the appointment of election lawyer Sixto Brillantes as the new chairman of the Commission on Elections. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte yesterday said they are…
Another NBN-ZTE scam in the making?
PNS — A SCAM believed to be more disastrous than the scrapped National Broadband Network (NBN) deal three years ago is expected to rock the seven-month old Aquino administration. Thus warned concerned…
Enrile not scared of Senate ‘coup’
PNS — Whether there’s truth behind the coup talks in the upper chamber, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday dismissed any possibility of Malacañang having a hand on the purported plot to…
PNoy feeling heat from ‘hot’ Porsche
PNS — A PORSCHE, it turns out, can be a hot car in more ways than one. Malacañang is finding this out the hard way as criticisms continue to be hurled against…
PNP’s three-strike policy stupid
In clear response to the string of criminal conduct that various elements in the Philippine National Police have been involved with in recent weeks, the good Director General Raul Bacalzo launched so-called…
Give Singson due process – Speaker
PNS — DISREGARDING calls for the expulsion or at least suspension of a colleague facing illegal drug charges in Hong Kong, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. maintained that the House member must not…
$1-b global bond float eyed
PNS — THE government is firming up the sale of $1 billion worth of global peso bonds early this year to raise funds for budget support, and refinance debts maturing next month….
Germany pushes NAIA 3 negotiations
PNS — GERMANY’S ambassador on Tuesday urged the government to revive negotiations with the German contractor that built the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 to settle a longstanding ownership dispute. In…
Military to hire survey firm in rebel fight
PNS — THE military will hire a survey company such as Social Weather Stations or Pulse Asia to evaluate its anti-insurgency campaign in the rebel-infested areas, Armed Forces chief Gen. Ricardo David…
Open skies set for Davao, Cebu, Zamboanga, Laoag
PNS — THE government will this week declare an open-skies policy in Davao, Cebu, Zamboanga and Laoag, exposing those secondary destinations to more competition from foreign airlines, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa said…
PNoy pushes P16-b Tarlac dam plan
PNS — The Aquino administration has firmed up plans to set in motion starting in 2013 three giant dams with a combined cost of P38 billion, according to the National Irrigation Administration….
Lani, Lucy: Busy Congress-Moms
PNS — NEOPHYTE lawmakers Lani Mercado-Revilla and Lucy Torres-Gomez seem to be spreading themselves too thin nowadays attending to work in Congress and at the same time trying to spend quality time…
‘We cling to God for our last hope’
By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS VANCOUVER, British Columbia – “Kumakapit nalang po kami ngayon sa Panginoon. Siya nalamang po ang pag asa namin (We are clinging for our last hope to God),”…