LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) — Thirty-six United States Marine Corps personnel arrived at the Legazpi City Airport with medical and engineering supplies at 11:00 a.m. Sunday on board two USMC C-130 transport aircraft…
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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…
Rehabilitated farm-to-market road boosts income of ARBs
MANILA, (PNA) — The Dept. of Agrarian Reform’s P7.2-million farm-to-market road is currently improving the economic lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Buguey town in Cagayan. This was cited this weekend by…
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…
Davao Norte bags regional organic agri tilt
By Anthony S. Allada DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — The province of Davao del Norte and the municipality of Braulio E. Dujali bested other local government units in Region XI in the regional…
NCRPO set file charges vs suspects in Davantes killing
MANILA, (PNA) — Operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Sunday said that it is set to file criminal charges this week against the six suspects who brutally slayed…
Ilocos Norte SP fails to declare state of calamity due to lack of quorum
LAOAG CITY, (PNA)–A special session called by Governor Imee Marcos Saturday seeking to approve a resolution declaring a state of calamity in Ilocos Norte due to damages wrought by Typhoon Odette did…
PHL has 81-year old criminal code
By Perfecto T. Raymundo, Jr. MANILA, (PNA) — Did you know that the Philippines has an 81-year old criminal code which serves as the country’s “bible” in terms of prosecuting criminal offenses?…
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,…
PCA implements outreach program for indigenous people
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has implemented a project called the Indigenous People Outreach Program (IPOP) which will benefit 1,447,972 indigenous people or a total of 35% of the…
UN condemns Nairobi terror attack
UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/PTI) — The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest possible terms the terror attack at an upscale mall in Kenya in which 39 people, including two Indians,…
President Aquino: DOJ readying charges vs. Misuari, MNLF rebels involved in Zambo standoff
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr. ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– President Beningno Simeon Aquino, III on Sunday disclosed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is readying charges against Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)…
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…
NASA spacecraft presumed dead, comet hunter mission ends
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) –- NASA announced Friday that it had “reluctantly” halted efforts to communicate with the Deep Impact space probe, which had been exploring comets since it was launched in early…