BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) satellite office here has warned applicants for work in South Korea to be wary against language training centers offering Korean language classes…
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OFW Pag-IBIG members may avail selves of assistance programs – Binay
By Josine Estuye MANILA, (PNA) -– Vice President Jejomar Binay Friday said overseas Filipino workers, who are members of Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG) and whose families are affected by the conflict…
Water resources linked to tourism in Vietnam
HANOI, (PNA/VNS)–The tourism sector could help protect water resource, said Deputy Director of the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Manh Cuong. Speaking on Thursday at a celebration of World…
HK to celebrate 64th Nat’l Day
HONG KONG, (PNA/Xinhua) — A series of celebration activities will be held in Hong Kong on Oct. 1 to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China,…
China lowers ticket prices at scenic spots
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) –China has moved to lower ticket prices at 1,400 scenic spots around the country during the coming week-long National Day holiday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in…
HCM City hospital installs wastewater treatment system
HO CHI MINH CITY, (PNA/VNS) — A standard wastewater treatment system made with Japanese technology was put into operation at HCM City Pediatric Hospital No. 2 yesterday. With a total capital of…
Rabies still a public health hazard in Cambodia: WHO
PHNOM PENH, (PNA/Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that rabies was still a public health hazard in Cambodia and called for broad vaccinations for dogs to prevent the disease….
Singapore’s total fertility rate rises to 1.29% in 2012
SINGAPORE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Singapore’s total fertility rate bounced further back to 1.29 in 2012, according to an official report released on Thursday. The Population in Brief Report, released by the National Population…
Pakistan’s earthquake death toll could rise in inaccessible areas: minister
Islamabad, (PNA/Xinhua) — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the parliament on Thursday that the death toll from the 7.7-magnitude powerful earthquake could rise as some areas are still inaccessible…
(Lead) Pakistan quake death toll rises to 348 as 20 more bodies recovered
ISLAMABAD, (PNA/Xinhua) — The death toll of a powerful earthquake that hit Pakistan’s southwest province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to 348 as 20 more bodies were recovered by rescue…
Lebanon army opens fire at radical militants from Syria, 1 killed
BEIRUT, (PNA/Xinhua) — The Lebanese army on Wednesday morning opened fire at a group of extremist militants trying to sneak into the country from neighboring Syria, killing one and wounding two others….
(Lead) Death toll in major Pakistan earthquake: 217
By Snehesh Alex Philip ISLAMABAD, (PNA/PTI) — The death toll in the devastating earthquake that struck havoc in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province rose to 217 Wednesday, amid fears that it is likely…
Vietnam faces volatile birth rates
HANOI, (PNA/VNS) — Ten years on from the implementation of the Population Ordinance project, the country faces a number of new challenges including volatile birth rates across different provinces and cities, gender…
CIS anti-terrorist units start exercise in Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Aircraft crews doing tours of duty at the Russian airbase Kant in Kyrgyzstan will take part in a joint anti-terrorist exercise of special assignment units from the Commonwealth of…
Spain sees record foreign visitors for 2 consecutive months
MADRID, (PNA/Xinhua) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain rose by 7.1 percent in August when compared to the same month of 2012 to 8.3 million, breaking a record high for…