BERLIN, (PNA/Xinhua) — Though recent polls showed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc is in a leading position, it is not inevitable that the current center-right governing coalition will continue to hold…
Year: 2013
House approves DENR’s P23.65B budget for 2014, P80M for Cimate Change Commission
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan (PNA)– The House of Representatives has approved the budget to be used to finance programs against the disastrous effects of global warming and climate change….
UN chief calls on world’s business leaders to play key role in sustainable development
UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/APP) — Warning that “we cannot accept a rising tide that floats only some boats and leaves many to drown,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on business leaders to do…
Roundup: Taliban using internet in propaganda war
KABUL, (PNA/Xinhua) — Taliban militants fighting Afghan government and NATO-led forces to regain power in the militancy- plagued Afghanistan, contrary to the past, have been enormously using the internet in the propaganda…
Negrenses join hands to promote peace, unity
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Government officials and religious leaders in Negros Occidental led Negrenses from various sectors in calling for peace and unity to bring progress for the province and the country….
PM leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly session
ISLAMABAD, (PNA/APP) — Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday left here for New York to attend the United Nation’s General Assembly session. The Prime Minister was sent off by Minister for…
Polls open in Germany’s parliament vote
BERLIN, (PNA/Xinhua) — Germans began to cast their ballots Sunday morning in a parliamentary election that will decide who will run Europe’s largest economy for the next four years. About 80,000 polling…
Comelec holds command conference Monday to discuss security concerns in forthcoming barangay, sk polls
By Ferdinand G. Patinio MANILA, (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct a command conference on Monday with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police…
US Commercial spacecraft set to dock with space station
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– A space freighter developed by a private US company will dock on Sunday with the International Space Station (ISS) delivering about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo to…
After more than a week in Zambo, PNoy to return to Manila
By Janice M. Cave MANILA, (PNA) — After staying for more than a week in Zamboanga City to assess and monitor the standoff between government forces and Nur Misuari-led Moro National Liberation…
PhilRice to hold Negros Rice Festival Sept. 23
By Nanette L. Guadacquiver BACOLOD CITY, PNA) — The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Negros Station based in Murcia, Negros Occidental will unveil its latest projects during the Negros Rice Festival 2013…
Iraqi Kurds elect regional parliament with hope for change
By Jamal Hashim, Liang Youchang ARBIL, Iraq, (PNA/Xinhua) — Voters in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region went to the polls Saturday to elect their parliament with the hope for a change in the…
Larijani: Iran, Turkey believes in democratic reforms in Syria
TEHRAN, (PNA/IRNA) -– Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Saturday evening that Iran and Turkey share a common view on Syria which is to have democracy-based reforms in that country. Larijani made the…
Solon urges Bacolodnons to unite in prayer for speedy resolution of Zamboanga crisis
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — As the crisis in Zamboanga City continues, Bacolod Lone District Rep. Evelio Leonardia called on the Bacolodnons to support President S. Benigno Aquino III in prayer as he…
Russian, US scientists urge further research under Bion project
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -–Russian and US scientists, who took part in biological experiments on board Russia’s Bion-M1 satellite in spring, have called on respective space authorities to ensure the continuation of research…