COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Members of the Government Service Insurance System in Maguindanao and Cotabato City can now avail of calamity loan with the government financial institution, the GSIS said Wednesday. GSIS…
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DSWD appeals for fair and accurate reporting on Zamboanga’s evacuees conditions
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon J. Soliman appealed Wednesday to media to be fair and accurate with its reporting on the…
PCA delivers around 300T of coco seedlings to farmers in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) here has already delivered around 300,000 coconut seedlings out of its 1.4 million target this year as part of its planting and replanting…
Army troops encounter suspected NPA rebels in southern Negros Oriental
DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) – Government troops clashed with suspected members of the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) early Tuesday afternoon in the southern town of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. Soldiers of the…
Zamboanga City stand-off death toll now at 90
MANILA, (PNA) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the death toll as of 4 p.m. Tuesday for the nine-day Zamboanga City stand-off between government forces and the Moro National…
Makati shares social safety nets, DRRM initiatives to Bangladesh delegates
MANILA, (PNA) — The city government of Makati shared its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) projects and initiatives and Social Safety Nets in DRRM to a delegation of government officials from…
Region 9 police spokesman not yet confirm on MNLF men seize Zamboanga City Police Chief
MANILA, (PNA) — Region 9 police spokesman, Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca on Tuesday have yet to confirm the reports that the police chief of Zamboanga City has been taken hostage by the…
Bishop, Cagayanons appeal end to black sand maning
MANILA, (PNA) — Father Manny Catral, the representative of Tuguegarao Bishop Sergio Utleg, and advocates from Cagayan met this week with Sec. Manuel Mamba, head of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office, to…
4Ps mothers attend sewing, cosmetology classes in Dagupan
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)–With 28 unused but brand new sewing machines just discarded by the past city administration, some 30 mothers who are beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) here are now…
9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime convenes in Laos
VIENTIANE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday gathered in Lao capital for the opening of the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime. The meeting,…
North Cotabato officials, MNLF leaders abhor violence during dialogue in Army camp
By Noel Punzalan CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, (PNA) — Officials of North Cotabato province and leaders of three Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) state revolutionary committees in Central Mindanao pledged in this headquarters…
Alay Lakad Foundation thanks donors for P1.5-M contributions
BATANGAS CITY, (PNA) -– The Alay Lakad Foundation Inc.– Batangas City chapter expressed its appreciation on Tuesday for the outpouring of support and financial contributions that reached the P1.5 million pesos mark…
Naval blockade intensified off Zamboanga City coast
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Navy has beefed up its forces conducting a blockade of the Zamboanga City coastlines. Around 28 ships of various sizes and two Islander aircraft are conducting the…
MNLF rebels free Zambo police chief, companions
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels have released Zamboanga City police officer-in-charge Sr. Supt. Jose Chiquito Malayo and his two companions whom they seized earlier Tuesday in…
PCA 8 promotes inter-cropping among coconut farmers
By Perla Lena TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) here is intensifying its advocacy for coconut farmers to embark on an inter-cropping, according to regional manager Edilberto Nierva. Nierva…