NEW YORK, (PNA/Kyodo) — Microblogging service Twitter rolled out an emergency alert system for smartphones in the United States, Japan and South Korea on Wednesday, it said on the day of the…
Year: 2013
Soyuz carrying int’l crew launched from Baikonur
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to ferry an international crew to the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:58 Moscow time on Thursday. The…
Australia’s researchers creates new device to measure central blood pressure
MELBOURNE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some Australian researchers has invented a new device, which could measure the more accurate blood pressure than usual ones to provide the correct quantity of medication for patients with…
(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…
(Update) LPA brings occasionally heavy rains over Mindoro, Palawan
MANILA, (PNA) — Flashfloods and landslides threaten the Mindoro provinces and some parts of Palawan due to a low pressure area hovering west of Luzon, the state weather forecaster said on Thursday….
PNoy visits wake of soldiers slain in Zambo clash
By Janice Cave MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III visited Thursday the wake of three soldiers killed in the standoff between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front fighters in Zamboanga…
Troops overrun Zambo Island as offensive continues against MNLF rebels
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr. ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) –- The government forces have overran Thursday an island east of this city that served to be among the landing points of the Moro…
President Aquino pays last respects to soldiers killed in Zamboanga standoff
NORZAGARAY, Bulacan, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III paid his last respects and condoled with the family of 1st Lieutenant John Kristofer Rama, the first officer-casualty of the Armed Forces of…
Provision of food for evacuees in Zamboanga now under ‘transition’ stage; rehabilitation on its way – DSWD
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday that it is now focusing on “transition period” in the provision of food for the…
DSWD-12 sends 6,400 more food packs to Zamboanga
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 has sent an additional 6,400 family food packs to Zamboanga City to augment the relief operations…
Abad: P50-M “bribe” for Corona conviction not true
By Janice M. Cave MANILA, (PNA) — Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad denied Thursday additional “pork barrel” funds were offered to senators to vote for the conviction of former Supreme Court Chief…
US fighter jets retrofitted into unmanned drones
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– Where do old fighter jets go to die? Turns out, some of them don’t. They just drone on. In a joint project with the US Air Force, aerospace…
LRT 1 perimeter fence available for advertisements
MANILA, (PNA) — The Light Transit Authority is offering its perimeter fence available to interested companies for them to advertise their products or services. Anthony Portillo, LRTA line 1 business development analyst,…
APTERR hands over 230 MT rice donation for Davao typhoon Pablo victims
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) –- The ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) recently handed over a total of 230 metric tons rice donation to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD…
BIR files P61-M tax evasion raps vs Napoles couple
MANILA, (PNA) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Thursday filed before the Department of Justice tax evasion charges against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles (P44.68 million) and her husband Jaime Garcia Napoles…