By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) – President Benigno Aquino III called on the Filipino people on Monday to continue fighting for what the country’s national heroes have fought for…
Month: August 2015
DOTC teams up with renowned British firm to ease NAIA air traffic
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Monday said it is teaming up with renowned British firm NATS to optimize runway use at the Ninoy Aquino…
CA orders Napoles to pay dismissed workers who turned whistleblowers on pork barrel scam
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the ruling of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) finding that Janet Lim Napoles’ JLN Corporation…
Comelec looking for ways to use old PCOS machines
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of the 82,000 old Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines to augment the new…
Villar pushes for passage of bill declaring smuggling as economic sabotage
By Jelly Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday pushed for the enactment of a bill declaring smuggling of agricultural products as economic sabotage. Villar, chairperson of the…
Angara alarmed by JICA’s study on MM traffic conditions
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) – Senator Juan Edgarco ‘Sonny’ Angara on Monday urged government authorities to immediately address the worsening traffic conditions in Metro Manila as studies have…
PNP lowers alert status as INC voluntarily calls off protest actions Monday
By Priam F. Nepomuceno & Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has lowered the alert status of all its Camp Crame-based units and offices…
CA upholds dismissal of ex-CHR commissioner for misconduct
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld a ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) dismissing from service a former Commission on…
President Aquino leads National Heroes’ Day rites
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III led on Monday the commemoration of National Heroes’ Day at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Upon his…
Magnetic gates at LRT-2 to be removed on Monday –LRTA
MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — The Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2’s magnetic gates will be completely removed on Monday, National Heroes’ Day, the LRT Authority (LRTA) said in an advisory. LRTA…
PEMC reports more violations of the must-offer rule
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Electricity-market operator Philippine Electricity Market Corp. has reported it is investigating more violations by generation companies on the must-offer rule at the Wholesale…
COA rejects MR filed by Malampaya consortium for tax case
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, August 30 (PNA) – The Court of Appeals has rejected the motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by the Malampaya consortium for its tax case, which decided they…
MNLF technical working group to revisit GPH-MNLF peace accord
By Funny Pearl A.Gajunera DAVAO CITY, Aug. 30 (PNA) -– The tripartite technical working group of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is set to revisit the 47-year-old Tripoli Peace Agreement with…
Trader busts suspect in circulating fake money
By Eduard M. Casulla CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, Aug. 30 (PNA) — An “ukay-ukay” (second hand items) trader busted a 33-year-old man believed to have been circulating fake money…
Crime volume in Cebu drops by 3 percent due to APEC security
CEBU CITY, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Crime volume in Cebu dropped by three percent since the start of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit senior ministers meetings in Cebu on Aug. 22,…