YANGON, (PNA/Xinhua) — The Myanmar Police Force have seized illegal drugs worth 2 billion kyats (2.06 million U.S. dollars in central Mandalay region in the first eight months of 2013, local media…
Year: 2013
China urges Japan to learn from history
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Tuesday urged Japan to learn from history and adhere to peaceful development path. Wednesday is the 82nd anniversary of the “Sept 18…
ASEAN coffee, cashew training course begins
BINH DUONG, (PNA/VNS) -– Agricultural extension officials and farm owners from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam are taking part in an ASEAN training course for intensive coffee and cashew farming…
Makati shares social safety nets, DRRM initiatives to Bangladesh delegates
MANILA, (PNA) — The city government of Makati shared its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) projects and initiatives and Social Safety Nets in DRRM to a delegation of government officials from…
Roundup: Australia watches as historic hearing into child sexual abuse begins
By Christian Edwards SYDNEY, (PNA/Xinhua) — Among the opening revelations in the historic Sydney hearing of a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse on Monday, is the systematic failure of child protection…
(Nightlead) Myanmar calls on stake holders to cooperate in census
By Feng Yingqiu YANGON, (PNA/Xinhua) — Myanmar has called for all stake holders to cooperate in taking first nationwide census in three decades in 2014 for working out national development plan. Minister…
Update: TS ‘Odette’ remains stationary, maintains strength
MANILA, (PNA) — Expect cloudy skies with light rains in most parts of the country in the next two to three days as tropical storm “Odette” (Usagi) maintains its strength and remains…
Congress asks P1-B for school buildings
MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary said Congress has asked for a special fund of P1-billion for school buildings. They asked to set aside P1 billion for…
Joint COMELEC, military, police conference for barangay polls set Sept. 28
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Preparations for the barangay elections on Oct. 28 in Negros Occidental will be tackled during the command conference of the Commission on Elections, Philippine Army and the Philippine…
Commentary: Build on current momentum to seek permanent Syria solution
By Xinhua Writer Deng Yushan BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — The UN Security Council on Monday heard an authoritative briefing on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, and now is expected to…
Region 9 police spokesman not yet confirm on MNLF men seize Zamboanga City Police Chief
MANILA, (PNA) — Region 9 police spokesman, Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca on Tuesday have yet to confirm the reports that the police chief of Zamboanga City has been taken hostage by the…
Bishop, Cagayanons appeal end to black sand maning
MANILA, (PNA) — Father Manny Catral, the representative of Tuguegarao Bishop Sergio Utleg, and advocates from Cagayan met this week with Sec. Manuel Mamba, head of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office, to…
4Ps mothers attend sewing, cosmetology classes in Dagupan
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)–With 28 unused but brand new sewing machines just discarded by the past city administration, some 30 mothers who are beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) here are now…
9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime convenes in Laos
VIENTIANE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday gathered in Lao capital for the opening of the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime. The meeting,…
House introduces new PDAF scheme
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, (PNA) — The House of Representatives has introduced a new scheme on how legislators can implement their projects for their constituents even with the scrapping of the…