By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Philippine stock prices rebounded on Tuesday as investors picked up bargains after previous day’s huge sell-off amid uncertainties in the global markets. The…
Month: August 2015
NGCP upgrades transformers in Pampanga, Nueva Vizcaya due to soaring power demand
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has upgraded the capacities of transformers in Pampanga and Nueva Vizcaya due to the soaring…
Norwegian firm may put up composite LPG cylinder plant in PHL
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Norwegian-firm Hexagon Ragasco may put up a composite cylinder manufacturing plant in the Philippines that will be decided on the demand, the company…
CIDG nabs gun runners, drug traffickers in Tarlac
CAMP MACABULOS, Tarlac City, Aug. 25 (PNA) -– The Tarlac Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested Monday members of notorious groups involved in the gunrunning and drug trafficking activities in the…
Basilan warring clans ‘smoke the pipe of peace’ through police efforts
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Police authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have yet settled another bloody Moro clan wars in Basilan after two families smoke…
Army condemns NPA atrocities against farmers in Central Mindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Military authorities of the 6th Infantry Division have condemned the atrocities committed by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in remote villages in North Cotabato….
LTO-9’s new printing machine to reduce driver’s license backlog
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 25 (PNA) –- Driver’s license applicants in the region can immediately get their licenses upon filing of their applications. The Land Transportation Office-IX (LTO-IX) on Tuesday said the processing…
DSWD-XI resolves all Kalahi-CIDSS conflicts in Davao Oriental
SAN ISIDRO, Davao Oriental, Aug. 25 (PNA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region XI (DSWD-XI) has resolved all conflict cases in the province. Data from the DSWD-XI showed as of…
Electricity rates in Negros vary from one firm to another
BACOLOD CITY, Aug. 25 (PNA) — The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) on Tuesday increased electricity rate by Php0.2051 per kilowatt hour for the August 2015 billing to its residential consumers. In…
13th Annual Fishbase Symposium set at IRRI in September
LOS BANOS Laguna, Aug. 25 (PNA) — The FishBase Information and Research Group Inc.(FIN) will conduct its 13th Annual FishBase Symposium on September 1 at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in…
Quezon agriculture sector has bounced back, governor says
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Despite the cocolisap infestation in the province and the damage brought by typhoons, the agricultural sector has shown resiliency and started to bounce back, said…
BOC abandons random check on balikbayan boxes
MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Following the directive from President Benigno S. Aquino III, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will no longer conduct random physical inspection on balikbayan boxes from overseas Filipino…
US Pacific Command head to meet with Iriberri on Wednesday
MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — United States Pacific Command head Admiral Harry Harris will be meeting with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri on Wednesday. This was…
Makati BPLO clarifies release of business permits
MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) -– The head of the Makati Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) clarified on Tuesday there has been no change in its processing of applications and releasing of…
SC asked to cite Smartmatic-TIM, Comelec in contempt of court
MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) was asked on Tuesday to cite Smartmatic-TIM Corporation and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in contempt of court. In a 16-page motion, petitioners…