MANILA, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will subscribe to 300-million new shares from Comstech Integration Alliance Inc (Comstech) through a shareholder’s agreement (SHA) signed on Thursday. ”Under said…
Samal Island’s GSO also functions for city’s urban greening program
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The General Services Office (GSO) of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) is evolving as a different office which does not solely…
402 Pangasinan mothers receive self-employment assistance
DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — At least 402 mothers from the Fourth District of Pangasinan received financial assistance for their livelihood projects under the Self-Assistance Employment Assistance (SEA-Kaunlaran) of the Department…
Puerto Princesa mayor orders cops to resolve series of highway robberies in city southern barangays
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — Mayor Lucilo Bayron has ordered the City Police Office (CPO) here to immediately resolve the series of robberies particularly perpetrated in remote southern barangays, which…
Duterte says decision not to run for president final
By Annabel J. Petinglay ILOILO CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) -– Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that his decision not to run for president in 2016 is already final, considering that he…
Gov’t officials urged to embrace Filipino language
TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The President of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) Virgilio S. Almario urged government officials to serve as a model in embracing the Filipino language. Almario,…
Science community marks good harvest
SCIENCE CITY, MUNOZ, NUEVA ECIJA, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The science community here celebrated the county’s sustained good harvest in an exhibit dubbed as “Bountiful Harvest,” at the Rice Science Museum. Early…
OWWA allots P8M for seafarer’s upgrading program in Western Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has P8 million funds for the implementation of the Seafarer’s Upgrading Program (SUP) in Western Visayas this year. Ron…
New Cavite-based firm to expand e-vehicle production
By Robert Maico CARMONA, Cavite City, Feb. 26 (PNA) — BEMAC Electric Transportation Philippines, Inc. will increase production of its e-vehicles (EVs) at its Carmona, Cavite plant, from 500 to 1,000 units…
DTI welcomes completion of ATI’s system upgrading of container terminal in Batangas
BATANGAS CITY, Batangas, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) welcomes the completion of the system upgrading by the Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) of the Batangas Container Terminal,…
Metro Pacific sets Php58.2-B capex for 2015; profit up 18% in 2014
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Feb. 26 (PNA) — Infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is increasing its capital expenditure to 6.2 percent to Php58.2 billion this year, bulk of the…
IT jobs pay highest salary — JobStreet.com
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Feb 26 (PNA) — Job positions in information technology (IT) pay the highest salary, according to JobStreet.com’s 2015 Salary Report. In a briefing on Thursday, JobStreet.com marketing…
Ayala Land unit sees Php4.4-B sales from Makati office condominium dev’t project
MANILA, Feb. 26 (PNA) –- Listed property giant Ayala Land Inc. affiliate Alveo Land expects Php4.4 billion in sales from its first office condominium development project located at its mixed-use development, Circuit…
SM Group completes Tacloban school building project
TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The SM Group turned over Thursday a newly completed school building to Tacloban City National High School in this city’s Bagacay village. The project is the…
New 550-hectare economic zone eyed in southern Cebu
CEBU CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Cebu Provincial Government is planning to develop a new 550-hectare economic zone in southern Cebu to decongest the province’s urban areas. The Cebu Provincial Development…