MANILA, (PNA) — A new cyclone is expected to enter the country within 24 to 48 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Monday. In an interview, PAGASA…
Year: 2013
OWWA bares 2013 MOFYA regional winners
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has announced the regional winners, both for land-based and sea-based categories, of the 2013 Search for the Model OFW Family Award (MOFYA). The…
NPAs ambush soldiers in North Cotabato, Army launches manhunt
By Edwin O. Fernandez MAKILALA, North Cotabato, (PNA) –- The military here has launched pursuit operations against a band of communist New Peoples Army (NPA) who ambushed Monday morning a convoy of…
Baguio gun ban violators now total to 4, one suspect is a minor — BCPO
BAGUIO CITY, (PNA) — Four persons, one of them a minor, have already violated the total gun ban here imposed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in view of the on-going campaign…
Philhealth to provide benefits to quake victims — Malacanang
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Health Insurance (Philhealth) will provide benefits to victims of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Central Visayas last week, a Palace official said. “Benefits shall cover for…
Magnitude 5.4 aftershocks occur in Bohol
MANILA, (PNA) — Six days after the the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that shook Central Visayas last Tuesday morning, massive aftershocks continued to jolt the region, particularly in the province of Bohol, according…
(Oro)No areas of concern in CDO, says police
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) – – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has not declared any of this city’s 80 rural and urban villages as “area of concern” ahead of the October…
Church leaders, farmers hold solidarity march
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) -– Some 2,000 farmers, students, civil society and non-government organization group members held a church-peasant solidarity march rally Monday afternoon here to lobby for the complete abolition…
Gov’t doing its best to provide aid to quake affected areas, assures ample relief supply
By Janice Cave MANILA, (PNA) — The government assured Monday it is doing its best to ensure that enough aid is given in all affected areas and has ample supply of relief…
Manila Radar Control Center to undergo 30-hour preventive maintenance works — CAAP
MANILA, (PNA) — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has issued a Notice to Airman (NOTAM) which will limit outgoing and incoming domestic flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…
SC junks with finality San Roque Power Corporation’s P560-M tax refund
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Supreme Court has dismissed with finality San Roque Power Corporation’s claim for a P560-million tax refund in connection with its unused input value-added tax…
LTFRB suspends 43 buses of companies involved in Quezon mishap
MANILA, (PNA) -– The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday suspended 43 units of the three bus companies involved in the deadly road accident in Quezon province last Saturday….
Joint transport team arrests 300 Davao traffic violators in five days
By Judy G. Quiros DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — A joint composite team from Davao City’s transport agencies have apprehended over 300 vehicles for various traffic violations in five days. Land Transportation Franchising…
Comelec postpones barangay polls in Bohol
MANILA, (PNA) –The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday the postponement of Barangay elections in the province of Bohol. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, however, said he did not specify the reason…
Support to quake victims must go beyond relief goods, physical reconstruction
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, (PNA) — Sexagenarian Jose Cajucom still could not grasp himself in recalling what he witnessed in the rescue of hundreds of students and teachers from the rubbles of…