MANILA, Sept. 1 (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to issue a decision regarding the Automated Election System (AES) it will use in the May 2016 national and local…
Valenzuela City inaugurates one of the country’s most high-tech, advanced math and science schools
MANILA, Sept. 1 (PNA) — Considered as one of the country’s most high-tech and advanced math and science schools, the Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science was inaugurated on Monday after…
Resolve problems first before Sicogon development- Tupas
By Edwin L. Terrecampo ILOILO CITY, Aug.30(PNA)- In a brief but no-holds barred media interview, Iloilo 5th District Representative Niel “Jun-Jun” Tupas, Jr. on Friday, made it clear that hehas nothing against…
BOC collects P4.7M from auction of over 600,000 kilograms smuggled garlic
MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Some P4.7 million was generated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from the auction of an estimated 676,350 kilograms of smuggled garlic seized in June 2014. In…
Panglao mayor signs salvage zone order
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Prodded by political, the municipal administration marked Panglao’s fiesta celebration with the signing of a landmark executive order, enforcing the mandatory salvage…
PAL to welcome final Boeing 747 aircraft flight at NAIA-2 on Monday
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — Philippine Airlines (PAL) is set to welcome the final arrival flight of its flagship aircraft — the Boeing 747-400 — at the Ninoy…
Lucena police round up, and rescue streetchildren
By Belinda M. Otordoz LUCENA CITY, Quezon Aug 30 (PNA) – A team from Lucena City Police Station led by P/Senior Inspector Elena Eleazar, chief of Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD),…
13,000 teachers gather in Quezon for Annual Teacher’s Convention
By Belinda M. Otordoz LUCENA CITY, Quezon Aug 30 (PNA) – More than 13,000 public schools teachers gathered Thursday and Friday at the Quezon Convention Center in this city for the annual…
Bohol gets youth rehab center
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Years had passed since the start of the implementation of the Juvenile Justice law in the middle of 2006, but it is…
Mayor Romualdez expresses gratitude to SM Foundation for newly reconstructed hospital
By Caryl Vivien S. Tomanda TACLOBAN CITY Aug 31 (PNA) – City Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez thanked the SM Foundation for renovating and refurbishing the Tacloban City Hospital. Romualdez said that rebuilding…
PAGASA sets P3M fund for Tacloban station rebuilding
TACLOBAN CITY, Aug 31 (PNA) – – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has earmarked P3 million for the rebuilding of its Tacloban station within the airport complex. “The…
Palace says Supreme Court did not ask funding for e-courts in 2014, 2015
MANILA, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Malacanang clarified on Saturday that the Supreme Court did not make requests to fund its e-courts in 2014 and 2015 so the budget department wasn’t able allocate…
PAGASA tracks two LPA
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday is keeping watch of two low pressure areas (LPAs)– one is inside the Philippine Area of…
Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights now ‘repositioned’ in safe camp –Palace
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — After almost a two-day standoff with Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels, the Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights are now safe and repositioned in Camp Ziuoani, a Malacanang official said…
Malacanang welcomes World Bank’s new financial package
MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — Malacanang welcomed on Sunday the World Bank’s announcement that it will extend a P22.4- billion financial package intended for rural infrastructure development and assistance for Filipino fishermen…