MANILA, May 6 (PNA) — The local stock market tumbled anew on low volume after a strong recovery, tracking overnight decline in United States equity markets. The barometer Philippine Stock Exchange index…
Banking, property businesses lift SM’s Q1 profit by 8.1%
MANILA, May 6 (PNA) — Tycoon Henry Sy-led conglomerate SM Investments Corp. (SM) booked an 8.1-percent increase in profit in the first quarter of 2015 on the back of banking, property and…
EDC poised to hold first major overseas drilling campaign by October
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, May 6 (PNA) -–Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is set to start drilling a geothermal well in Mariposa, Chile on October 2015, to assess the steam availability. ”We…
Tacloban Airport to resume regular operation
TACLOBAN CITY, May 6 (PNA) – The Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport in this city will reopen its runway to jets starting 5 a.m. on Thursday after the 23-day limited operation due…
PAL Express to fly to Antique soon
SAN JOSE, Antique, May 5 (PNA) -– Antique will no longer be a far away place for businessmen, tourists and Antiqueños alike who travel to Manila and other places because soon, Antique…
Pangasinan solon pushes for Limahong Tourist Center project
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, May 5 (PNA) — Pangasinan 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil is pushing for the establishment of the Limahong Tourist Center, another cultural-tourism project similar to the Lingayen Baywalk along the…
Boracay in maximum alert ahead of APEC Summit
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan, May 6 (PNA) — Various government enforcement agencies have deployed their respective elite personnel as Boracay will play host to several high-profile meetings from May 9-24 of the Asia…
World’s largest floating bookstore starts to serve Cebuanos
CEBU CITY, May 6 (PNA) — The M/V Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating bookstore, started serving Cebuanos Wednesday. M/V Logos Hope, which arrived in Cebu Tuesday morning, was docked at the…
150 out-of-school youths in Aurora undergo leadership training cum values orientation
CASIGURAN, Aurora, May 6 (PNA) — A total of 150 out of school youths in the northern part of the province underwent leadership training cum values orientation Tuesday to give them knowledge…
DTI to put up more Negosyo Centers in Bataan
BALANGA CITY, Bataan, May 6 (PNA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will put up more Negosyo Centers in the province. Nelin Cabahug, provincial director of DTI-Bataan, said the move…
Pantawid Pamilya produces more than 20,000 high school graduates in Central Visayas
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII will hold a Pantawid Pamilya Regional High School Graduation on April 28, Tuesday, at the…
Chinese Coast Guard bombards Filipino fishing boat with water cannon, points gun on skipper at Scarborough Shoal
By Ernie B. Esconde MARIVELES, Bataan, April 27 (PNA) — A fishing boat skipper from this town told Sunday their ordeal allegedly in the hands of the Chinese at the Scarborough Shoal…
ASEAN undecided over common time zone
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (PNA/Xinhua) — Malaysia has actively proposed a common time zone for the Associations of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) as a symbol of integration, but some members are hesitatant over…
Hope not lost on Mary Jane Veloso case — DFA
By Michaela del Callar MANILA, April 27 (PNA) — Saying hope is not lost on the case of Filipino death convict Mary Jane Veloso, the Philippine government on Monday said it will…
Palace vows to continue pursuing labor-management initiatives, protection for workers
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, April 27 (PNA) — As the country celebrates Labor Day on May 1, the Aquino administration on Monday vowed sustained initiatives that foster constructive labor-management relations and…