MANILA, July 13 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday the number of evacuation centers still providing temporary assistance to families affected by the “hanging habagat”…
(UPDATE)Oil firms slash prices of diesel by Php 1.50/ltr, gasoline by Php0.55/ltr
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, July 13 (PNA) — Oil firms will cut prices of diesel by Php 1.50 per liter and gasoline by Php 0.55 per liter effective Tuesday morning. In…
PCCI pushes for Manila Port-Skyway Stage 3 link
MANILA, July 12 (PNA) — The country’s largest business organization Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is pushing for a direct road connection of the Port of Manila to Skyway Stage…
DoTC sheds light on alleged P17B Davao City’s Sasa Port overpriced project
By Lilian C. Mellejor DAVAO CITY, July 12 (PNA) — The Department of Transportation and Communication (DoTC) Secretary Joseph Abaya explained alleged overpricing of the Sasa Port Modernization project to P17 billion…
(Feature) Spotify helps OPM artists emerge in the mainstream via talent hunt
By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata MANILA, July 12 (PNA) — The world knows Filipinos are music-lovers. One digital music service, Spotify, gives a platform to OPM artists for them not just to…
Bulacan exec, solon urge DepEd to make uniform policy on suspension of classes
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, July 12 (PNA) — Provincial officials here are asking the Department of Education (DepEd) to have a clear-cut and uniformed policy on the suspension of classes during the rainy…
Yap pushes automatic adjustment of retirees’ basic monthly pensions
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, July 12 (PNA) — Bohol Third District Rep. Arthur Yap expects the House Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization to come out soon with recommendations on his…
Abu Sayyaf Group releases volunteer teacher in Jolo
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 12 (PNA) – The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Sunday released the volunteer teacher they kidnapped more than four months ago in the province…
Davao durian candy maker denies involvement in selling expired candies in Surigao
By DAVAO CITY, July 12 (PNA) — The maker of Wendy’s Durian candy suspected to have poisoned about 1,600 children in Surigao del Sur showed up at the police station to refute…
DENR, GIZ assist Ligao City in formulating forest land use plan
By Danny O. Calleja LIGAO CITY, July 12 (PNA) -– This young Bicol city is taking steps towards wise forest management and squarely allocating to proper use its forestlands. “Ours is an…
Charges poised vs Army soldiers, police officers for death of cop in mis-encounter
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, July 12 (PNA) — Criminal and administrative charges have been readied against military and police officials behind the botch encounter in an upland village here that…
Military shifts anti-insurgency focus to Sorsogon, Masbate
By Bobby Q. Labalan SORSOGON CITY, July 12 (PNA) — The Philippine Army has set this yearend its schedule to reduce the communist-inspired rebels in the province of Sorsogon to insignificance, an…
Palace advises public to continue monitoring weather forecasts, dam overflow warnings
MANILA, July 12 (PNA) — Malacanang advised Metro Manila residents and nearby provinces on Sunday to continue to monitor weather forecasts and to be wary of threat of dam overflow. “Tayo pong…
PAGASA: Southwest monsoon may bring flashfloods to Zambales
MANILA, July 12 (PNA) — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) says that the southwest monsoon or “hanging habagat” may bring flashfloods to Zambales on Sunday. In its Weather…
All is set for first Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill on July 30 –MMDA
MANILA, July 12 (PNA) — All is set for the first Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill on July 30, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino said on Sunday as he urged…