By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, (PNA) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday advised motorists to take alternate routes as some roads in Makati City willbe closed to traffic…
Year: 2013
Exports rise 11.15 % in Sept, trade gap at 30-month low
NEW DELHI, (PNA/PTI) — India’s exports grew 11.15 per cent in September and imports declined 18.1 per cent amid a sharp fall in inward shipments of gold and silver, taking the trade…
Leptospirosis deaths in Olongapo City up to six, 175 cases reported
OLONGAPO CITY, (PNA) — The number of leptospirosis deaths in the city went up to six while 175 others were afflicted with the disease two weeks after the massive flooding hit the…
PAFC decision to accept or not opportunity to own minority share in AG&P project in Bataan hangs
By Joann Santiago MANILA, (PNA) — The government is being offered to have up to 10 percent stake in the2,400-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant project of Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific…
PDEA nabs Chinese national during buy-bust in Manila
By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, (PNA) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Chief, Director General Arturo Cacdac Jr. said on Wednesday that operatives of the agency arrested a 25-year-old Chinese national…
‘More Fun’ campaign becomes a way for everyone to wave the PHL flag, says DOT chief
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, (PNA) — What everyone thought was just another marketing or advertising campaign has become a way for everyone to wave the Philippine flag. This, according to Tourism…
Trial shows malaria vaccine effectivity
LONDON, (PNA/Bernama) — The latest results from the clinical trial of the RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine, show that it protects African infants and young children against malaria, Mozambican news agency (AIM) reported….
Suspicious bag causes heavy traffic in Pasay
MANILA, (PNA) — A bag, with undetermined contents, thrown up a passenger bus roof caused heavy traffic in EDSA F.B Harrison in Pasay City, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. In its…
9 passengers injured as jeepney plunges into rice paddies in Capiz
ILOILO CITY, (PNA)– Nine passengers were hospitalized when the passenger jeepney they were riding in fell into the rice paddies somewhere in the boundary between barangays Mianay at Amaga Sigma, Capiz. Presently…
China to test its autonomous underwater vehicle
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — China will test an autonomous underwater vehicle in the country’s latest scientific expedition in the eastern Pacific, the State Oceanic Administration said on Tuesday. The Chinese research vessel, “Haiyang-6,”…
PHL stocks end 6-day rally on IMF lower global growth forecasts
By Leslie Venzon MANILA, (PNA) –- The Philippine stock market tumbled on Wednesday along with other Asian bourses, weighed down by International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) reduced global growth forecasts. The barometer Philippine…
DOJ confident of raps vs. Misuari, Malik, et al.
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Dept. of Justice is confident the charges it filed against Moro National Liberation Front founding chair Nurallaji “Nur” Misuari in connection with the siege on…
Ex-minister of Bangladesh opposition sentenced to life in jail for war crimes
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — An ex-minister of Bangladesh’s main opposition party has been sentenced to jail until death for war crimes including mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounced the verdict in…
Bangladesh sees robust rise in Q1 exports
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first quarter of the current 2013-14 fiscal year (July 2013-June 2014) grew 21.24 percent year on year to 7.63 billion U.S. dollars, official data…
(Lead) B’desh tribunal sentences BNP leader to life imprisonment
DHAKA, (PNA/PTI) — A special Bangladeshi tribunal today sentenced opposition BNP’s 83-year-old leader Abdul Alim to jail until death for committing large-scale killings and other war crimes during the 1971 liberation war…