WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (PNA/Xinhua) — Plumes of water more than 200 kilometers tall may be spouting intermittently from beneath the surface of Jupiter’s ice-covered moon, Europa, one of the best locations in…
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Space station’s orbit raised to ensure safe docking
MOSCOW, Dec. 14 (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– The orbit of the International Space Station was raised on Friday to ensure safe docking of a Russian spacecraft early next year, said a spokesman for…
CSC conducts simultaneous exams for gov’t career service on December 15
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, Dec 13 (PNA) –The Civil Service Commission (CSC) will be administering four examinations simultaneously on Sunday, Dec. 15 in testing centers nationwide to a total of 18,557…
Japan, ASEAN to seek “freedom of overflight” in light of China’s ADIZ
By May Masangkay TOKYO, Dec. 13 (PNA/Kyodo) — Leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will likely call for ensuring “freedom of overflight” in a joint statement to be…
Kidapawan City gov’t commends blue guard for honesty
By Edwin O. Fernandez KIDAPAWAN CITY, Dec 14 (PNA) — It pays to be honest. This was proven by a lowly paid security guard who turned over to a local radio station…
UN emergency fund gets more funding pledges
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 14 (PNA/Xinhua) — The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) announced Friday it had got funding pledges totaling US$ 404.6 million this year, up US$ 21.2 million, from…
Construction of Japanese retiree-community to start first half of 2014, says PCCI’s Varela
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Dec 14 (PNA) – The construction of a Japanese retirees’ village in the country will likely take place in the first half of 2014, Philippine Chamber of…
ASEAN chief suggests Japan, China use dispute settlement mechanism
JAKARTA, Dec. 12 (PNA/Kyodo) — ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has suggested that China and Japan apply parts of a dispute settlement mechanism, currently used by the 10-member grouping to peacefully…
Mass rail transit fare hike to bring better train services, more projects outside Metro Manila — DoTC
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Thursday presented a proposal to increase fares for the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT)…
App to protect taxi passengers wins hackathon
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) — CabSafe, a Windows Phone app which lets users send vital information about their taxi ride, won grand prize in the Nokia Imaging Hack last December 1. The…
Pasay City to hold Santa Run for ‘Yolanda’ orphans on Saturday
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) — The city government of Pasay is advising all motorists that the Pasay section of Roxas Boulevard will be closed on Saturday morning to give way to the…
Magnitude 3.6 aftershock jolts Bohol
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) –A powerful aftershock from last Oct. 15 magnitude-7.2 quake that shook Central Visayas was felt in the province of Bohol on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute…
Belmonte gives 20 congressmen till Dec. 16 to comply with Comelec requirement
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) — Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Thursday said he is giving the 20 congressmen named by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who have not…
Tacloban City to take action against barangay officials caught repacking relief goods
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Dec. 12 (PNA) — Administrative sanctions await village officials that were caught repacking the relief goods distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) instead of giving…
Australian High Court: Same-sex marriage unconstitutional
CANBERRA, Dec. 12 (PNA/Xinhua) — The Australian High Court has ruled on Thursday that the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)’s same-sex marriage laws were inconsistent with the Federal Marriage Act, and were therefore…