CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) – The parents of two minors who were reported missing last week issued a statement Monday appealing for help for the whereabouts of the kids….
Italy’s post-Yolanda project to benefit Iloilo’s marginalized farmers
ILOILO CITY, Oct. 12 (PNA) — About 1,500 marginalized farmers in the province of Iloilo will no longer have to rent hand tractors and threshers in planting and harvesting in their rice…
Local Climate Change Action Plan up for review
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 12 (PNA) – The proposed Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) would be scrutinized by five standing committees of the local august body here, a council member…
Yolanda survivors see hope through Gawad Kalinga
PANAY, Capiz, Oct. 12 (PNA) — Rebuilding their lives after losing what they have from Yolanda way back November 2013 could be difficult, but not for families of this town who are…
Pampanga gov distributes financial, medical assistance to TB patients
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Oct. 12 (PNA) — Governor Lilia Pineda on Monday distributed financial, food and medical assistance to some 1,800 tuberculosis (TB) patients at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention…
Filing of COCs starts on Monday
By Ferdinand G. Patinio MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) — Thousands of politicians aspiring for national or local positions are expected to troop to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices nationwide to file…
Palace supports Recto’s call to sustain gov’t campaign against HIV-AIDS
MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) – Malacanang welcomed on Sunday the call of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto to sustain the government’s campaign against human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS). ”We welcome the…
4th PSE Bell Awards scheduled in November
MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) — The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) is set to give recognition to listed companies and trading participants that serve as benchmarks for good corporate governance through the…
Shell calls on DOE to recognize mid-merit load before CSP implementation
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Oct. 11 (PNA) — Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC) called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to recognize mid-merit load to…
PHL tourism earnings hit Php152.19 B in Jan-August 2015
MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) — The Department of Tourism (DOT) over the weekend announced that tourism revenues in the Philippines reached Php 152.19 billion in the first eight months this year. DOT…
Foreign tourist arrivals in PHL surge 9.87% in first eight months this year
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct. 10 (PNA) — Foreign tourist arrivals in the country reached 3.59 million during the first eight months of this year, up 9.87 percent from 3.27-million visitors…
OWWA-12 launches annual Model Overseas Filipino Workers Family of the Year Award
COTABATO CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) – The search is on for the 2015 Model Overseas Filipino Workers Family of the Year Award (MOFYA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-12) announced Saturday. Marilou…
IYCF program needs LGU support
BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) — The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), through RNC Resolution number 05 s. 2015, is encouraging the local government units (LGUs) in the Cordillera Region to organize breastfeeding…
Bloomberry to turn Quezon City property into mixed-use dev’t
By Leslie D.Venzon MANILA, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Sureste Properties Inc. (SPI), the hotel and resort development arm of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BLOOM), is buying a 1.57-hectare lot in Vertis North, Quezon…
Summit of Conscience bolsters call for climate action
By Catherine J. Teves MANILA, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Government further elevated its bid to build up climate change resilience of communities across the Philippines which experts identified as among countries most…