MANILA, Dec. 6 (PNA) — After more than three days of grueling AXE Apollo Space Academy (AASA) tests at the AASA Space Camp, Crossfit trainer Chino Roque was declared the first Filipino…
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Bill seeking lifetime tax exemption for Pacquiao may be unjustified
MANILA, Dec. 6 (PNA) — A proposed law seeking to grant a lifetime income tax exemption to Filipino boxing hero and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao may be unjustified, Malacañang said Friday….
Yolanda: Major Signal of Climate Change?
By Iluminado Varela Jr. MANILA, Nov. 7 (PNA) — Many countries are continuously giving financial and other relief aids to typhoon Yolanda victims in Eastern Visayas. But international scientists and world environmental…
Syria to be provided equipment within chemical weapons elimination program
UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION, Dec. 5 (PNA/ITAR-TASS) — Syria will be provided necessary equipment within the program for eliminating chemical weapons, Russian permanent representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said. This will…
New technique may help predict cancer patient survival: study
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have found a potential way to predict survival in ovarian cancer patients by counting the number of tumor-attacking immune cells that have…
Hungary to re-open embassy in PHL
By Michaela del Callar MANILA, Dec. 5 (PNA) -– Hungary is re-opening its embassy in the Philippines, signalling the European nation’s interest to build stronger ties with Manila. The re-establishment of a…
400 benefit from cash/food-for work at DSWD’s Tacloban hub
TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PNA) — Some 400 workers are now benefitting from the cash/food-for work program at the Tacloban City hub of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Effective…
High attendance of teachers, students noted as classes resume in Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PNA) — The Leyte division of the Department of Education (DepEd) has noted high attendance of teachers and pupils going back to school since classes resumed Monday in…
Senate: Bicam on nat’l budget open to the public
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Dec 5 (PNA) — The Senate announced Thursday that the scheduled Bicameral Committee Conference on the national budget for 2014 on Tuesday (Dec 10) will be opened…
Capitol job fair draws huge turn out
ILOILO CITY, Dec. 04 (PNA)–Thousands of jobseekers trooped to the Iloilo Provincial Capitol lobby as early as 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday to take part in the job fair organized by the provincial…
Thousands of people receive new Dumaguete prelate for Thursday’s installation
DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec. 4 (PNA) -– Thousands of the faithful of the Diocese of Dumaguete on Wednesday received with joy the new bishop of the Diocese of Dumaguete, the Most Rev. Julito…
Phivolcs installs tsunami warning system in Sarangani town
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Dec. 4 (PNA) — In a bid to enhance the area’s preparedness against possible earthquake-related disasters, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has installed a tsunami detection…
U.S. SpaceX launches first commercial satellite
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (PNA/Xinhua) — A SpaceX rocket carrying the U.S. space company’s first commercial satellite blasted off from Florida on Tuesday in a mission that will usher in a newcomer in…
Signs of water found on 5 distant planets: NASA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (PNA/Xinhua) — Faint signatures of water have been spotted in the atmospheres of five distant planets, U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday. The planets are not the size of…
Palace reassures public: Officials in Yolanda rehab doing homework
MANILA, Dec. 4 (PNA) — Malacañang on Wednesday reassured the public that the officials involved in the rehabilitation of areas affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), including rehabilitation czar and former Sen….