LONDON, (PNA/Xinhua) — British Gas, the biggest energy supplier in the United Kingdom, said it plans to raise the energy price by an average of 9.2 percent from next month, local media…
Year: 2013
23 Bicol Navy applicants face board for final selection
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) – Twenty-three of the 33 applicants to the Naval Officer Candidate Course held last July 22 faced the Philippine Navy Officer Procurement Board Friday via Video Teleconferencing System at…
Buglasan Festival costumes up for exhibit in Dumaguete shopping mall
By Mary Judaline F. Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) -– At least ten different Buglasan Festival of Festivals costumes will be on display at the Robinsons Place shopping mall in Dumaguete City from…
Dumaguete LGU gives P1-M financial aid to flood-stricken areas in Negros Oriental
By Mary Judaline F. Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) — The local government of this city has set aside an P1-million allocation as financial assistance to areas in southern Negros Oriental that were…
Quezon public schools embark “Nutrijuice Feeding Program” vs. iron deficiency
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon (PNA) -– Public elementary schools in Quezon province are set to begin the Nutrijuice Feeding Program Season 4 as 820 more Nutrijuice packs were delivered in Tayabas City, this…
DOST to put up food innovation center in every region
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to establish a food innovation center in every region to come up with innovative and add-on products based on…
Brain cleans itself during sleep — study
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — Scientists said Thursday they have found what could be sleep’s basic purpose: it clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts. The findings, published in the U.S. journal Science, revealed…
Australia’s New South Wales bushfires prompt health warnings
SYDNEY, (PNA/Xinhua) –Children, older adults and people with heart and lung conditions need to be more careful as air quality deteriorates in many parts of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) due to…
Bacolod City Police Office observes Children’s Month
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) -– The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), in cooperation with Police Station 5, held a program at the Alberto D. Arceo Elementary School in Barangay Alangilan Friday to mark…
Population crises demand reforms
HANOI, (PNA/VNS) –New challenges are coming from the country’s rapid rate of ageing, gender imbalance at birth, gender inequality, and poor access to reproductive health services in some areas, which requires timely…
Australian scientists find how black holes grow by gravitational waves
CANBERRA, (PNA/Xinhua) — A paper in Friday’s issue of the journal Science pits the front-running ideas about the growth of supermassive black holes against observational data — a limit on the strength…
US Biotech firm wins Russian funding – Report
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– US biotech firm Cleveland BioLabs has won an approximately $ 4.6 million dollar contract from the Russian Ministry of Trade and Industry to fund research into a potential…
Mindanao peace stakeholders remain positive, patient over GPH-MILF talks
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Peace stakeholders in Mindanao remain positive and patient on the progress of talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation…
DSWD-7 sends relief items to isolated town of Maribojoc
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas said they finally reached Thursday the municipality of Maribojoc which was isolated after a…
UN elects 5 new security council members
UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Saudi Arabia and Chad easily won coveted seats on the UN Security Council on Thursday, despite criticism from human rights groups that their rights records are abysmal….