SAN JOSE, Antique, Jan. 9 (PNA) -– Sibalom Mayor Joel Occeña has only the best interest of the people in his town in mind when he decided to secure a loan of…
Month: January 2015
Ilocos town’s pottery industry continues to bloom
By Freddie G. Lazaro SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte, Jan. 8 (PNA)– Officials of this heritage town are continuously pursuing programs to make its local pottery industry more attractive to tourists and investors…
PHL exports growth top in East Asia, ASEAN region in Nov ‘14
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Jan 9 (PNA) — The Philippines surpassed exports growth of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries in November 2014 expanding by 19.7 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority…
Energy firm invests Php1-B for South Cotabato power plant project
By Allen Sam V. Estabillo GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan. 9 (PNA) — Energy firm Supreme Power Corporation is investing around Php1 billion for the construction and development this year of an 11.9-megawatt…
HSBC report: PHL fundamentals ensure resiliency of the economy
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Jan. 9 IPNA) — Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) considers a sustained growth for the Philippine economy for the whole of 2014 despite a slowdown in the…
PSEi surges to 20-month high above 7,400
MANILA, Jan. 9 (PNA) –- The local stock market surged to its 20-month high above 7,400-mark on Friday, tracking robust Wall Street sentiment and regional uptrend. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index…
President Aquino: Infra spending boosts PHL economic growth
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Jan. 9 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday said the government is further increasing spending on infrastructure across the country to Php562.3 billion this…
Papal vestments with local designs finished in Bulacan
By Emil G. Gamos GUIGUINTO, Bulacan, Jan. 9 (PNA) — The Papal vestments that Pope Francis will wear when he visits the Philippines next week have been finished. Ronald Allan Babaran, designer-tailor…
President Aquino calls for public cooperation to ensure success of Papal visit
ROMBLON, Romblon, Jan. 9 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday underscored the importance of public cooperation to ensure the safety and success of Pope Francis’ five-day visit to the…
Oil firms likely to enforce one-peso price rollback anew next week
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Jan. 9 (PNA) — Expect rollbacks amounting to more than one peso for every liter of petroleum products by Monday, says an independent gas company official. ”Yes,…
2 killed, 2 others injured in Passi City vehicular crash
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 8 (PNA)- Two persons were killed and two others were injured after a sugarcane-laden cargo truck smashed a 10-wheeler truck in Brgy. Bacuranan, Passi City in Northern Iloilo on…
Nearly 3,000 top public high school grads in CAR to benefit from ‘Iskolar ng Bayan’ Law
BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 8 (PNA) -– About 3,000 high school graduates annually from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will benefit from the newly signed “Iskolar ng Bayan” law. President Benigno Simeon Aquino…
Caraga regional police says personnel were ‘abducted’ not ‘POWs’
BUTUAN City, Jan 8 (PNA) — The Caraga Regional Police Office 13 insists that their personnel who are now in the hands of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were victims of…
Smartmatic not threatened by rivals, says company exec
MANILA, Jan 8 (PNA) — Smartmatic, the service-provider of the 2010 and 2014 national and local polls, is not threatened by the plan of its competitor to stop it from proceeding with…
1 dead, 20 hurt at NBP explosion
MANILA, Jan. 8 (PNA) — A grenade exploded at the maximum security compound of the National Bilibid Prison (NBP)in Muntinlupa City Thursday morning, killing a prisoner and wounding at least 19 others….