ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 27 (PNA) – Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has issued two executive orders mandating the imposition of strict security measures and traffic re-routing scheme during the observance of the All…
Philippine Food Safety Forum conducted in Baguio City
By Jojo Lamaria BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 27 (PNA) – The Philippine Food Safety Forum (PFSF), a nationwide advocacy, campaign and commitment to food safety in the advent of the integration of the…
DILG chief orders implementation of customized police intervention in shopping malls
MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) -– To tighten security in shopping malls this coming Yuletide season, Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II has directed the packaging of a customized police intervention…
Angat Dam’s water surplus draws cautious optimism
By Catherine J. Teves MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) – An expert expects Metro Manila’s main water source Angat Dam in Bulacan to meet demand for its water until 2014’s end but urged…
Solon pushes for review of Oil Pollution Compensation Law
By Cielito M. Reganit MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) – A Partylist lawmaker called on the House Committee on Energy on Monday to conduct a review on the implementation of the Oil Spill…
Government prosecutors ask Sandiganbayan to issue garnishment order vs. Revilla’s alleged kickbacks
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) — Government prosecutors filed a motion on Monday for the issuance by the Sandiganbayan of a writ of preliminary garnishment in connection with the…
World famous pianist Leotta marks a special evening at CCP on Nov. 11
MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) — Internationally famous Italian pianist Christian Leotta who is hailed as one of the major Beethoven soloist of our time will perform at the Cultural Center of the…
2 persons injured in Rockwell Center fire in Makati
MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) – Two people were injured in a fire at the basement of the Lopez Tower and Museum along Rockwell Drive in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City on Monday afternoon….
House bill grants additional benefits to PWDs through VAT exemption
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Oct. 27 (PNA) — Persons with disability (PWDs) have something to rejoice after the House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Monday a substitute bill granting…
Google, Oxford University team up on artificial intelligence
LONDON, Oct. 24 (PNA/PTI) — Technology giant Google is teaming up with Oxford University to advance research on artificial intelligence to ultimately enable machines to better understand human users. The partnership will…
Aussie surgeons transplant ‘dead’ heart
SYDNEY, Oct. 24 (PNA/Xinhua) — Australian surgeons said on Friday that they have made a major breakthrough by making a “dead” heart beat again and successfully use it in a transplant. Previously,…
‘Garden of Remembrance’ built for Yolanda casualties
PALO, Leyte, Oct. 25 (PNA) — Nearly a year after super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) hit the Eastern Visayas region, residents of San Joaquin village in this town reminisced the 67…
Oxfam to distribute 60-footer boats in Leyte
By Jollie Mae B. Verana TACLOBAN City, Oct. 25 (PNA) — A total of three 60-footer boats will be distributed to fisher folk associations by international organization Oxfam for their long-term recovery…
San Nicolas (Ilocos Norte) is hall of famer as PHL’s Most Business-Friendly LGU
By Leilanie G. Adriano SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte, Oct 25 (PNA) –The municipal government of this town in the second district of Ilocos Norte bagged this year’s search for Most Business-Friendly municipality…
PSWDO supports Universal Children’s Month celebration
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Oct 25 (PNA) –Hundreds of Day Care Workers and Day Care Service Parents Group Officers and children from the different cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte gathered on…