LANZHOU, (PNA/Xinhua) — A wedding banquet in northwest China’s Gansu Province has sickened 94 people since Saturday in a suspected food poisoning, local authorities said Sunday. Officials with the Pingchuan District of…
DOH: Firecracker-related injuries rise to 244
MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Health on Monday recorded 244 firecracker-related injuries two days before the New Year. Assistant Health Secretary, Dr. Eric Tayag announced via Twitter that out of the…
Palawan health officials tell residents ‘to keep safe’ on New Year vs dangerous firecrackers
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) -–Health officials Friday called on residents of Palawan “to keep safe” during the celebration of New Year after a child was admitted to the Ospital ng Palawan (OnP)…
Mabilog eyes subsidy end to PhilHealth premiums
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) -– Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here is eyeing to stop the city government subsidy to Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) Corporation premiums in 2014 but instead increase the financial assistance…
Suspected vaccine-related death reported in east China
WENZHOU, (PNA/Xinhua) — Health authorities in east China’s Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province said on Friday that they are investigating a new Hepatitis B vaccine-related death. In the Yongjia County case, a two-month-old…
DOH to highlight “scare tactics” to discourage public from using firecrackers
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, (PNA) — Many fail to realize the consequences of firecracker-use until after getting bloodied, stitched up or worse, losing a body part. On account of this, the…
Cebu City ‘piso-piso’ fund drive for new P1.5B hospital raises P8.5M
CEBU CITY, Dec. 18 (PNA) — The Cebu City Government’s “Piso Mo, Hospital Ko” fundraising drive for the construction of a modern P1.5-billion Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) has so far raised…
Poor, deserving students get scholarship from ARMM governor
COTABATO CITY, Dec. 18 (PNA) –Believing on the importance of education as requirement for human development, Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) awarded in Basilan on…
TEPCO decides permanent shutdown of 2 surviving Fukushima reactors
TOKYO, Dec. 18 (PNA/Kyodo) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. decided at its board meeting Wednesday to permanently shut down two reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that avoided meltdowns in the 2011…
Iran, host to second largest refugee population in world
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (PNA/IRNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran is host to the second largest refugee population in the world, hosting over 890,000 registered Afghan and Iraqi refugees. The generous dlrs…
NASA sets spacewalks to repair faulty ISS cooling system
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday that a series of spacewalks will be necessary to repair a faulty cooling system on the International Space Station. Under the…
Dolby to display ‘big jump’ of imaging technology at CES 2014
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (PNA/Xinhua) — Dolby Laboratories will display its newest imaging technology, believed to be a “big jump” of the field, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Jan. 7-10…
PHL track and field athletes produce 4 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze medals at Myanmar SEAGames
NAY PYI TAW, Dec. 18 (PNA) –- The athletics competition of the 27th Southeast Asian Games has yet to conclude, but Philippine athletics team manager Philip Ella Juico is already giving his…
Palace congratulates newly crowned Miss International
MANILA, Dec 18 (PNA) –The Palace congratulated Bea Rose Santiago for being crowned in Japan on Tuesday as Miss International 2013, the country’s fifth win for the prestigious pageant. “She is a…
P361B needed for Yolanda recovery
MANILA, Dec. 18 (PNA) -– The Philippine government would need P361 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of areas devastated by super typhoon Yolanda that wreaked havoc across the Central Visayas last…