GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — At least 176 families from two villages in Koronadal City and Tantangan town in South Cotabato were displaced on Tuesday night due to a series of landslides…
Remembering the dead is a celebration of life
By Janice M. Cave MANILA, (PNA) — A visit to the tomb of a loved one, whether it is All Saints’ Day or All Soul’s Day, has been a practice Filipinos observe…
Kapunan resigns as legal counsel of Napoles due to ‘death threats’
MANILA, (PNA) –Lawyer Lorna Kapunan Wednesday resigned as legal counsel of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles citing the “death threats” she has been receiving the past few days as the main reason. Napoles…
9 inmates bolt CamSur jail
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, (PNA) –- Nine inmates serving major cases escaped early Wednesday from their cells in the provincial jail in Tinangis Penal Farm in Barangay Tinangis, Pili,…
S. Cotabato town in state of calamity due to floods, landslides
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — The municipal government of Tantangan in South Cotabato placed the entire area on Wednesday under the state of calamity as a result of the severe floods and…
Aquino orders agencies to ensure safety, convenience of commuters during “Undas”
MANILA, (PNA) — President Aquino has directed all pertinent agencies to ensure the safety and convenience of the commuting public in the coming Undas on Friday and Saturday. In a statement issued…
Aquino, sisters visit graves of parents for All Saints’ Day commemoration
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III and his four sisters visited the graves of their parents on Wednesday, two days before the traditional All Saints’ Day commemoration on November 1….
Pilot, co-pilot safe as plane crash lands in Pampanga
MANILA, (PNA) — A pilot and his co-pilot luckily escaped death after the training aircraft they were riding crash landed on a lahar trail in Pampanga Wednesday morning. Civil Aviation Authority of…
Taguig, Parañaque, SPD ready for “Undas”
By Lloyd Caliwan MANILA, (PNA) — The Taguig and the Parañaque city governments have mobilized police and health personnel as part of its “Oplan Undas 2013”, meant to provide assistance to people…
Aquino administration expresses elation over reports the Philippines is among top 10 improved economies in business regulation
MANILA, (PNA) — The Aquino administration expressed elation over reports that the Philippines is among the top 10 most improved economies in business regulation over the past year in the latest edition…
CA orders ex-solon actor to pay P200-T moral damages for slapping House exec
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Court of Appeals has ordered actor and former San Juan City Rep. Jose Mari Gonzales to pay moral damages of ₱200,000 for slapping the then…
DPWH reactivates ‘Lakbay-Alalay’ for Undas
MANILA, (PNA) –- The Department of Public Works and Highways reactivated on Wednesday its “Lakbay Alalay” program to assist motorists during the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. In…
Update: TS “Vinta” continues to intensify, 19 provincse in Luzon under signals 2 and 1
By Christropher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, (PNA) — Tropical storm “Vinta” has further intensified on Wednesday afternoon as it moves towards extreme Northern Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical…
(Nightlead) Palace lauds latest WB Doing Business Index Review; targets double-digit rating
By Lilybeth G. Ison MANILA, (PNA) — Malacanang on Wednesday lauded World Bank’s (WB) Doing Business Index that states the Philippines as among the 10 best economies in 2013. “Mainam na malaki…
NBI continuously determining identity of big personalities behind PDAF, Malampaya plunder case — De Lima
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The National Bureau of Investigation is continuously determining the identity of big personalities behind Ruby Tuazon as well as those implicated in the plunder case in…