By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) – President Benigno Aquino III called on the Filipino people on Monday to continue fighting for what the country’s national heroes have fought for…
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DOTC teams up with renowned British firm to ease NAIA air traffic
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Monday said it is teaming up with renowned British firm NATS to optimize runway use at the Ninoy Aquino…
CA orders Napoles to pay dismissed workers who turned whistleblowers on pork barrel scam
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the ruling of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) finding that Janet Lim Napoles’ JLN Corporation…
Comelec looking for ways to use old PCOS machines
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of the 82,000 old Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines to augment the new…
Villar pushes for passage of bill declaring smuggling as economic sabotage
By Jelly Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday pushed for the enactment of a bill declaring smuggling of agricultural products as economic sabotage. Villar, chairperson of the…
Angara alarmed by JICA’s study on MM traffic conditions
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) – Senator Juan Edgarco ‘Sonny’ Angara on Monday urged government authorities to immediately address the worsening traffic conditions in Metro Manila as studies have…
PNP lowers alert status as INC voluntarily calls off protest actions Monday
By Priam F. Nepomuceno & Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has lowered the alert status of all its Camp Crame-based units and offices…
CA upholds dismissal of ex-CHR commissioner for misconduct
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld a ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) dismissing from service a former Commission on…
President Aquino leads National Heroes’ Day rites
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III led on Monday the commemoration of National Heroes’ Day at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Upon his…
7,000 join Galing Pook Unity Walk in MOA
By Connie B. Destura PASAY CITY, Aug. 30 (PNA) — At least 7,000 representatives of various local government units, schools, non-government organizations and civil society organizations joined the Galing Pook Unity Walk…
DSWD eyes lowering to 60 the age of indigent senior citizens qualified to receive social pension in 2016 budget
MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon J. Soliman said on Sunday they are proposing to lower to 60 years the age of indigent senior…
CBCP head calls for prayers for the immediate resolution of the INC protestby Ferdinand G. Patinio
MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — In the midst of the ongoing protest of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members along EDSA-Shaw Blvd. in Mandaluyong City, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)…
TESDA’s Villanueva says it’s time to hail outstanding tech-voc crusaders
By Lily O. Ramos MANILA, Aug. 30)–Technical vocational education and training has been the road out of poverty for the grand winners of this year’s Idol Awards of the Technical Education and…
APEC health ministers to endorse roadmap for ‘Healthy Asia Pacific 2020 Initiative’ to Leaders
By Leslie D. Venzon CEBU CITY, Aug. 20 (PNA) — Health ministers from the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are working to develop a roadmap for the implementation of a new…
DSWD: Newborn baby on viral video is now out of the hospital care
MANILA, Aug. 28 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday the newborn baby seen on a viral video being slapped continuously by his mother was cleared…