By Jade D. Miguel MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) — Part of the Department of Education’s role in the ongoing rehabilitation in disaster-stricken areas is the construction and repair of damaged school buildings….
Cebu City gets low interest offer for P2.9B remaining balance for SRP loan
CEBU CITY, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has offered the Cebu City Government an interest rate of 4.5 percent for a new loan the city plans…
ILO’s P7.375M livelihood project to benefit four Leyte towns
By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, Aug 24 (PNA) — Some 700 workers from four towns of Leyte are slated to benefit from the sustainable livelihoods though contour farming supported by the…
BSP: PHL has buffers vs. possible tightening in financial conditions vis-à-vis Fed rate hike
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — The high liquidity situation in the Philippines will partly help the domestic financial market from the impact of any possible tightening in financial conditions…
Ormoc’s upland villages benefit from mobile registration project
By Felix N. Codilla ORMOC CITY, Aug 23 (PNA) — At least 63 residents of Tongonan and its nearby villages in this city have availed of the mobile civil registration project (MCRP)…
Cebu Capitol gives P350T aid to police anti-drug operations
By Eddie O. Barrita CEBU CITY, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission (CPADAC) has given some P350,000 to different police stations in component cities and municipalities of the…
Two killed, 1 hurt as NGCP tower falls
By Belinda M. Otordoz PAGBILAO, Quezon Aug 24 (PNA) – Two linemen died and another was wounded when a tower owned by National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) accidentally fell on…
QC Diamond Jubilee celebration to highlight city’s rich cultural, historical and artistic heritage –Bautista
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista has urged the city’s Tourism Department and the Division of City Schools to come up with a…
DILG to conduct child-friendly local governance audit
By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — Starting this year, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will assess the performance of local government units (LGUs) in the…
SC junks petition filed vs. alleged pyramiding operator
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a petition filed by intervenors in a forfeiture case against the bank assets of alleged pyramiding operators….
PSEi ends week up, peso sideways
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended the week with gains and the peso was almost unchanged amid the wait-and-see stance of investors vis-à-vis the Jackson Hole…
BSP bans issuance of pre-approved credit cards
MANILA, Aug 22 (PNA) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has put a lid on the issuance of pre-approved credit cards. In a Circular, the central bank defines pre-approved credit cards…
77 Region 1 cops trained to go after motorcycle-riding criminals
CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The days of criminals riding in tandem on motorcycle in the Ilocos Region are now numbered. This, after a total of 77 policemen…
Leyte town coco industry slowly recovers from typhoon damage
DAGAMI Leyte, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The coconut industry of this town is still on the road to recovery after super typhoon Yolanda damaged the its major source of living, an official…
Foundation offers college scholarship to Yolanda survivors
TACLOBAN CITY, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The Alfonso Yuchengco Foundation is offering college scholarship in areas affected by super typhoon Yolanda, according to this city’s vice-mayor Jerry Yaokasin. Yaokasin’s office coordinates with…