Category: News Stories

PNS — MALACAÑANG wants Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez out. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said the administration doubts Gutierrez will pursue corruption charges against the Arroyo administration, adding that there are several options to…

PNS — SENATOR Juan Miguel Zubiri wants the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections reset from October this year to October 2012. Zubiri filed Senate Bill No. 60 resetting the synchronized Barangay and…

PNS — FORMER Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Luis “Cito” Lorenzo is still considered as one of the principal respondents in the preliminary investigation on the controversial P728-million fertilizer fund scam which…

By Alex P. Vidal / PNS SURREY, British Columbia — – Foreign low skilled workers intending to work in Canada should not pay recruitment fees to their employers because it is illegal…

Multi-Lingual Education and literacy program proposed for SJ Outgoing three-term San Juan city councilor Dante Santiago has proposed the possible implementation and institutionalization of the mother tongue-based Multi-Lingual Education and literacy program…

By Alex P. Vidal/ PNS VANCOUVER – The Filipino community in British Columbia now “has strength in numbers and it is growing fast,” Mayor Greg Robertson said in a speech during the…

PNS — UNAUTHORIZED use of sirens or blinkers — Presidential Decree No. 96 (Declaring Unlawful the Use or Attachment of Sirens, Bells, Horns, Whistles or Similar Gadgets That Emit Exceptionally Loud or…

PNS — AT Esplanade One, Senator Bong Revilla took his oath before former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with his family in tow. It’s back to work, he says, revealing some of his projects…

PNS — STRICTLY going by his inaugural statement against the use of sirens to get out of traffic, President Benigno Aquino was 30 minutes late for the change of command ceremony in…

PNS — THERE’S no stopping GM Wesley So. So continued his meteoric rise in the world chess hierarchy when he vaulted to 60th place overall in the list of the world’s top…

PNS — PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon Aquino III swore in yesterday his old friend, Bong Naguiat, as new chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor). Naguiat, a former classmate of Aquino…

PNS — REPORTERS covering the education beat expressed dismay over the actuations of Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro towards a radio reporter who tried to get his opinion about sex education….

PNS — “BEFORE you throw mud at innocent people, clean up your own dirt first.” A 50,000-strong organization threw this challenge yesterday at militants who have filed fraud charges against former President…

PNS — UNITED States Ambassador to Manila Harry Thomas Jr. yesterday said the Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah and Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) have become weaker than they were three years ago. Thomas…

How to get Visa to Vietnam Most travellers who intend to visit Vietnam will require a tourist Visa and will need to get it ready before they take off. Typically, Visa applications…