MANILA, (PNA) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala on Monday said that the estimated 40 remaining Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters now…
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Doctors challenge FDA to stop stem cell therapy conference
By Azer Parrocha MANILA, (PNA) — Although already having updated guidelines governing stem cell therapy, the Food and Drug Administration was urged by medical professionals to put a stop to stem cell…
Sotto sees passage of 14th month pay bill in Senate
MANILA, (PNA)– Despite gaining strong opposition from employers, minority Senator Vicente Sotto III believes his proposed bill mandating the granting of 14th month pay to rank and file employees will get support…
Six more die due to encephalitis; toll 285
GORAKHPUR (UP), (PNA/PTI) — Encephalitis menace continued unabated in eastern UP where six more children died, taking the death toll in the disease to 285 this year. The six children died in…
5 killed, dozens wounded in Kenya shopping mall attack
NAIROBI, (PNA/Xinhua) — At least five people were killed and dozens of others wounded in an attack by gunmen on a top-level shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday morning,…
Footwear makers to create a name on specialty products
MANILA, (PNA) –Philippine footwear exporters are niching on specialty products to generate sales as they expect to post flat revenue growth at around US$ 15.72 million in 2013. “Normally, it (growth) has…
Villar invests P1B to beef up retail business
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, (PNA) — MBV Retail Holdings Corp. of the Villar family is going big in retailing as it invests an initial P1 billion to pursue more expansion projects….
Salceda to present Albay tourism strategy to world ecotourism confab
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) –Department of Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. has invited Albay Gov. Joey Salceda to present the province’s successful tourism strategy to the 5th World Ecotourism Conference (WED) slated in…
American companies want to link up with Filipino entrepreneurs
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)–From 75 to 100 American companies are willing to link up not only with big but also small manufacturers in the Philippines, particularly in the the province of Pangasinan. This…
UN envoy condemns killing of Israeli soldier, urges self-restraint
JERUSALEM, (PNA/Xinhua) — UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, condemned on Sunday the abduction and killing of Israeli soldier Tomer Hazan by a Palestinian who intended to…
Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held
COLOMBO, (PNA/PTI) — Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party today secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former Tamil Tigers- ruled…
Over 40 killed in blasts near church in Pakistan – report
NEW DELHI, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– At least 43 people have been killed and another 70 wounded in twin explosions outside a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn…
Blast near Church kills 25, injures 30 in Peshawar: Commissioner
PESHAWAR, (PNA/APP) — A suicide blast near Church in Kohati Gate an interior locality of Peshawar Sunday killed at least 25 people including women and children and injured thirty others. Commissioner Peshawar,…
Two Indians among 39 killed in Kenya mall attack
NEW DELHI, (PNA/PTI) — Two Indians, including an eight-year-old boy, were among 39 killed and four other community members injured in the attack by armed terrorists on an upscale mall in Nairobi…
Merkel’s ruling coalition challenged in election
BERLIN, (PNA/Xinhua) — Though recent polls showed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc is in a leading position, it is not inevitable that the current center-right governing coalition will continue to hold…