By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Philippine stock prices rebounded on Tuesday as investors picked up bargains after previous day’s huge sell-off amid uncertainties in the global markets. The…
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NGCP upgrades transformers in Pampanga, Nueva Vizcaya due to soaring power demand
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has upgraded the capacities of transformers in Pampanga and Nueva Vizcaya due to the soaring…
CIDG nabs gun runners, drug traffickers in Tarlac
CAMP MACABULOS, Tarlac City, Aug. 25 (PNA) -– The Tarlac Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested Monday members of notorious groups involved in the gunrunning and drug trafficking activities in the…
Basilan warring clans ‘smoke the pipe of peace’ through police efforts
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Police authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have yet settled another bloody Moro clan wars in Basilan after two families smoke…
Army condemns NPA atrocities against farmers in Central Mindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Military authorities of the 6th Infantry Division have condemned the atrocities committed by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in remote villages in North Cotabato….
LTO-9’s new printing machine to reduce driver’s license backlog
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 25 (PNA) –- Driver’s license applicants in the region can immediately get their licenses upon filing of their applications. The Land Transportation Office-IX (LTO-IX) on Tuesday said the processing…
DSWD-XI resolves all Kalahi-CIDSS conflicts in Davao Oriental
SAN ISIDRO, Davao Oriental, Aug. 25 (PNA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region XI (DSWD-XI) has resolved all conflict cases in the province. Data from the DSWD-XI showed as of…
13th Annual Fishbase Symposium set at IRRI in September
LOS BANOS Laguna, Aug. 25 (PNA) — The FishBase Information and Research Group Inc.(FIN) will conduct its 13th Annual FishBase Symposium on September 1 at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in…
Quezon agriculture sector has bounced back, governor says
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Despite the cocolisap infestation in the province and the damage brought by typhoons, the agricultural sector has shown resiliency and started to bounce back, said…
DSWD releases 7,968 family food packs in Ilocos provinces
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Aug. 24 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office in Region 1 has extended food assistance to the provinces which were hit…
South Cotabato’s H1 tourist arrivals reach 241,000
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) — South Cotabato’s enhanced tourism development and promotion initiatives have continued to gain ground as the area’s tourist arrivals posted anew a significant growth during the…
Ormoc City looks into rent dispute
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Aug. 24 (PNA) – Officials of a remote village here are in a quandary over whether they have to pay rentals for the local government site, which has long…
Iloilo still beholds its “Queen City of the South” title
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) –- Iloilo City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said that the city still beholds the “Queen City of the South” title for no formal declaration had been ever…
DPWH vows to resolve school infra project gaps in Southern Leyte
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Aug. 24 (PNA) –- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has vowed to address problems which hinder the construction of school buildings in far-flung areas in…
Dengue outbreak haunts Bohol town
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 23 (PNA) — Dengue outbreak now haunts the municipality of Sagbayan, accumulating 98 cases in the last 45 days with one death added on August…