BATANGAS CITY, (PNA) – – A tsunami early warning system, to be donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP), is expected to be established off the coastal waters of the…
Year: 2013
Ex-TESDA chief asks SC to stop disbursing DAP
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — Former Iloilo Rep. and erstwhile Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Augusto “Buboy” Syjuco, Jr. Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the government…
‘Negros Occidental has long history of organic agriculture’
By Nanette L. Guadacquiver BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Long before the national government campaigned for the practice organic agriculture, the province of Negros Occidental had long been championing this farming practice. This…
24 NOLITC medical transcription trainees in Bacolod finish course
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Twenty-four trainees of the medical transcription course offered by the provincial government-run Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) received their certificates of completion during their graduation…
Silliman University donates two more brand new motorcycles to Dumaguete police
DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) – Silliman University on Monday donated two additional brand new XR200 motorcycles to the city police for its Quick Response Team (CQRT). This brings to three the total motorcycle…
43 undocumented Filipinos to arrive from Saudi
By Michaela del Callar MANILA, (PNA) — Another batch of 43 undocumented Filipinos from Saudi Arabia who joined a Philippine government-organized repatriation will arrive in Manila Monday night barely two weeks before…
US Asks Russia to delay satellite launch – official
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — The US asked to delay today’s launch of a Russian Proton rocket carrying an American commercial satellite after problems with one of its communications centers, a space agency…
PNoy: Savings can be used to replenish calamity, contingency funds
MANILA, (PNA) — The government has ample savings it can use to replenish the dwindling calamity and contingency funds, Pres. Benigno Aquino III said Monday. At the sidelines of an event he…
POEA to conduct job fairs in Cebu, Bohol
By Josine Estuye MANILA, (PNA) –- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration will hold job fairs in earthquake-stricken Bohol and Cebu. According to POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, Department of Labor and Employment…
Fighting asteroids a new task for Russia’s space industry
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Russia’s space agency has a new mission on its plate: fighting asteroids, the organization’s head said Sunday. Oleg Ostapenko, chief of the Roscosmos federal space agency, said that…
(Lead) Bohol prone to sink hole formation
By Catherine Teves MANILA, (PNA) -– Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) isn’t discounting the possibility sink holes dot Bohol, noting such naturally formed depressions in the ground often occur in areas of…
China to further explore meteorological resources
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — China will conduct a general survey and assessment of its wind power, solar energy and other meteorological resources, according to a report submitted to the top legislature on Monday….
Rainwater spilled from tank barriers exceeds regular radiation level: TEPCO
TOKYO, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some of the rainwater overflowed from concrete barriers around clusters of tanks on Sunday in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was found to have radiation levels above the regulatory…
DPWH’s priority to make roads and bridges passable in quake-hit areas – Singson
By Josine Estuye MANILA, (PNA) -– Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson on Monday admitted more are still to be assessed in quake-stricken Bohol and Cebu before they develop the best…
Aquino cites semiconductor, electronics industry for contribution to country’s economic growth
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has cited the Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry for its contribution in helping the government revolutionize the country’s economic growth amid the global crisis….