ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 31 (PNA) — The provincial officials of Isabela led by Governor Faustino G. Dy III has now started to prepare for the 2015 Bambanti Festival which is set…
Microsoft band unveiled months ahead of the apple watch release
MOSCOW, Oct. 30 (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Microsoft’s first attempt to break into the smartwatch market will launch today, a full 6 months ahead of the Apple Watch, with the release of the…
Global expatriates urged to invest in PHL
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) — Filipino global expatriates are being encouraged to invest now in the Philippines due to its steady economic growth. “It is now the best…
Airport terminal fee integration into tickets postponed anew — MIAA
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct 31 (PNA) — The integration of the terminal fee into the cost of airline tickets was postponed anew after a temporary restraining order (TRO) on its…
PHL stocks breach 7,200 mark
MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) –- Local share prices sustained their winning streak for a third day on Friday following the United States’ equities rally. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) increased…
Over 1,000 business firms in Bacolod undergo permits’ inspection
BACOLOD CITY, Oct 31 (PNA) — The Bacolod City Permits and Licensing Division and other concerned departments and offices here inspected a total of 1,309 business establishments to determine if they have…
Quality power supply to sustain ease of doing business in PHL
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) — As the Philippines surged 53 notches in the Ease of Doing Business report of the World Bank (WB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC)…
Military agreements with US, highly beneficial to PHL
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) — Ranking defense officials announced Friday that the Philippines is militarily benefiting a lot from the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and Enhanced Defense Cooperation…
President Aquino reduces real property taxes of independent power producers tied up with gov’t corporations
MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday issued an executive order reducing and condoning the real property taxes being paid by independent power producers (IPPs) working with…
DOT chief confident Iloilo Convention Center Project withstands scrutiny
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct. 31 (PNA) — Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. was confident the controversial Php700-million Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) will withstand scrutiny after it was…
Government has funds to build new settlements for victims of Typhoon ‘Yolanda’, says official
MANILA, Oct. 30 (PNA) — The government has the funds and is ready to build new settlements for victims of Typhoon “Yolanda” but the challenge is finding the right location to construct…
CAR boasts of 87% greening program accomplishment
BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 30 (PNA) — The National Greening Program (NGP) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) boasts of more than 10 million tree seedlings planted…
DTI-Cotabato trains teachers, students on bag production using water hyacinth
COTABATO CITY, Oct 30 (PNA) — The Department of Trade and Industry here announced the successful training on production of bags from dried water hyacinth stalks in a program aimed at encouraging…
Lucena soon to become an industrial city — mayor
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Oct. 30 (PNA) — The city of Lucena is now heading towards becoming an industrial city, Mayor Roderick Alcala described Thursday afternoon at a seminar of the Department of…
New BSP regulation on risk management a plus for PHL banks – Moody’s
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Oct. 30 (PNA) — Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday dubbed as credit positive the latest regulation of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) putting a cap on the…