SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, (PNA) — In observance of Indigenous People’s Month, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has mounted an exhibit of photographs of Ayta tribesmen in this Freeport to help fund…
Year: 2013
House to probe PNPA-PPSC squabble
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, (PNA) — Three senior police officers turned politicians, on Wednesday filed a resolution at the House of Representatives seeking a probe into the squabble between officials of…
Pope names new bishop for Romblon
MANILA, (PNA) — Pope Francis on Tuesday named the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Romblon. In an article posted on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website, the appointment…
DSWD releases P6.3-M relief assistance to victims in Central Luzon
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided some P6.38 million worth of relief assistance to the victims of typhoon Santi in Central Luzon….
DSWD and JFC bestow 3rd Family Values Awards
By Leilani Junio MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in cooperation with Jollibee Food Corporation (JFC) hailed Tuesday evening new batches of outstanding Filipino families at the…
Batak Cultural Revival and Development Forum held in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) -– In a bid to celebrate the distinct cultural identity of Palawan’s Batak indigenous community, as well as the Agta, Aeta, and Ati people of Luzon with whom…
DSWD: 4Ps beneficiaries can run in village polls but must leave anti-poverty program
KIDAPAWAN CITY, (PNA) — Member beneficiaries of the national government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P’s) can seek elective positions in the barangay elections, the 4P’s in-charge in North Cotabato said Wednesday. However,…
Mother, son face each other in barangay elections in Dagupan
By Leonardo V. Micua DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)—A mother and son will face each other in the barangay elections in Poblacion Oeste here on Oct. 28 despite an earlier effort of another member…
2 injured soldiers in Capiz encounters get Wounded Personnel Medal
CAPIZ, (PNA) — Two injured soldiers of the 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were awarded the Wounded Personnel Medal (WPM) while being treated at the Camp Peralta Station Hospital in…
Police dig deeper into P9.4M worth of 4Ps “CCT” robbery-hold up in Quezon town
By Saul E. Pa-a CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City (PNA) -– Calabarzon and Pagbilao, Quezon police continued on Wednesday their investigations of the P9.4 million robbery-hold up along the Maharlika Highway noontime…
Neg Occ police round up 18 gun ban violators
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) – Eighteen violators of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) gun ban have been rounded up so far by the police in Negros Occidental. The latest arrest on Monday involved…
NCAA, NCHP, National Museum to inspect, evaluate damage in 6 centuries-old churches in Bohol and Cebu
MANILA, (PNA) — The National Historical Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the National Historical Commission for the Philippines (NCHP), and the National Museum on Thursday has formed a task force…
Phivolcs recorded 1,391 aftershocks until Thursday
By Christropher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, (PNA) — Almost to 1,400 aftershocks had been recorded until Thursday afternoon in Bohol after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Central Visayas, and expect series of…
DOH, DDB acquaint youth on dangerous drug abuse and prevention
By Leilani Junio MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Health (DOH) and Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) spearheaded Thursday an orientation for the youth to encourage them to be role-models advocating the campaign…
CHR, RHRC signed accord to boost protection of human rights in ARMM
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Regional Human Rights Commission (RHRC) in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) signed Thursday a Memorandum of…