By Joann Santiago MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III is optimistic on the sustained drop of the country’s unemployment rate following the signing into law of the amended Public…
PHL reforestation advances further, reaps international recognition
By Catherine J. Teves MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) — Open and denuded areas nationwide are increasingly getting reforested with government even exceeding its planting targets under the National Greening Program (NGP), gaining…
Agri losses reach Php 8.45B due to ‘Lando’
By Cielito M. Reganit MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) — The Department of Agriculture reported Monday that to date, the estimated cost of damages and losses to agriculture and fisheries due to Typhoon…
President Aquino bares more road projects in Central Luzon
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, Oct. 26 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has already tasked Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson to coordinate with local government authorities to repair as soon…
Escudero bats for ‘Lando’ reconstruction fund in the 2016 budget
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) – Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero pushed on Monday for the inclusion of rehabilitation and reconstruction fund for areas ravaged by typhoon “Lando” in the…
Dust particles in Cebu’s air now beyond safe limits as ‘smaze’ hovers-EMB 7
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 has said dust particles in Cebu’s air has gone beyond safe limits as “smaze,” a combination of smoke and haze,…
PHL stocks return above 7,300
MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) — Local share prices returned to the 7,300-mark on Monday, as investors were encouraged by positive global and local developments ahead of third-quarter earnings results. The barometer Philippine…
Meralco net income up by 13 percent year-on-year
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Oct 26 (PNA) — The Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco’s) net income grew by 13 percent year-on-year as of end of the third quarter of 2015. Meralco senior…
BDO posts Php17.6-B profit in Jan-Sept
MANILA, Oct. 26 (PNA) — BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO), the banking arm of the SM Group, posted a 5.34-percent increase in profit in the first nine months of 2015 on the back…
MB places Rural Bank of Buguias (Benguet), Inc. under PDIC receivership
MANILA, Oct 26 (PNA) — The Monetary Board (MB) placed Rural Bank of Buguias (Benguet), Inc. under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) by virtue of MB Resolution No….
San Pedro Calungsod Shrine eyed in south Cebu town
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — A shrine for San Pedro Calungsod, the Philippines’ only second saint and the first from Cebu, is being planned in the southern Cebu town of Ginatilan,…
Doctors urge public in NIR: Wear masks despite ‘clearing’ of haze
By Judaline F. Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) -– The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 18 or the Negros Island Region (NIR) and a private doctor specializing in lung diseases…
Weather forecaster says ‘Amihan’ to blow ‘smaze’ back to Indonesia
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — A government weather forecaster Monday said the coming “Amihan” or northwesterly winds will blow back to Indonesia the “smaze” that has affected parts of Mindanao and…
Virac town has relocation sites for 9 high-risk villages
VIRAC, Catanduanes, Oct. 26 (PNA) — Virac town Mayor Flerida Alberto said she has started to prepare a relocation site for some 1,080 households or 5,400 villagers in the coastal barangays that…
Dagupan finally passes ordinance banning establishment of fish pens
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) –The city council finally passed an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of fish pens in any river or waterway in Dagupan, putting the future of all the already…