TARLAC CITY, (PNA)–President Benigno Aquino III led 54 million Filipinos in casting votes in barangay elections on Monday. At 11 a.m., the President arrived at his polling precinct in Central Azucarera de…
Problems of the past haunt this year’s barangay elections
By Lily O. Ramos MANILA, (PNA) — Monday casting of votes will definitely stop at 3 p.m so counting would start immediately, said head teacher Victoria Fernando of Espana’s Ramon Magsaysay High…
Comelec: No voting in 13 villages of Pikit, North Cotabato
PIKIT, North Cotabato, (PNA) — The Commission on Elections here announced that no voting has occurred in 13 villages after the teachers refused to serve for security reasons. Joel Celis, Pikit election…
NPA terror attacks hurt 471 people since 2010
MANILA, (PNA) — The 10th Infantry Division, based in Compostela Valley, announced that indiscriminate attacks by the New People’s Army (NPA) have harmed and wounded 471 civilians and military personnel from 2010…
Palace urges public: Guard your votes
MANILA, (PNA) — As the 2013 barangay polls has come to a close, a Palace official urged the public to be vigilant in guarding its votes. In a statement, Presidential Communications Operations…
Army says Maguindanao polls generally peaceful; no failure of polls in Cotabato City
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Barangay elections in Maguindanao, particularly in the second district of the province, was generally peaceful, a military official in the area, said. Col. Edgar…
Baguio registers moderate to heavy turnout of voters; PROCOR says Cordillera elections generally peaceful
By Aurelio A. Galacgac BAGUIO CITY, (PNA) –- This mountain resort with a voting population of more than 184,000 on Monday registered moderate to heavy turnout of voters for the incoming officials…
Bacolod SP expresses ‘highest appreciation’ to Negrense members of OPCW
By Nanette L. Guadacquiver BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of this city has passed a resolution expressing highest appreciation to the two members from Negros Occidental of the Organization…
16 illegal aliens nabbed in Bacolod City
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA)– The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday apprehended 16 illegal and overstaying aliens in this city and the province of Negros Occidental. Atty. Faizal Hussin, special assistant to the…
In wake of increased militant activity, another terrorist attack shakes Syria
CAIRO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — One dead, over 40 injured after an explosion in Western Syria. Al-Mayadeen television has reported that the terrorist act happened in Homs, a city 160 kilometers from Damascus. According…
Survivor of Nigeria plane crash loses toes, fingers to infection
ABUJA, (PNA/Xinhua) — A survivor of the Oct. 3 plane crash in Nigeria’s Lagos State has lost all 10 toes and five fingers on her left hand to a gangrene infection detected…
Russia files new extradition request for pilot jailed in US
MOSCOW, (PNA/RAPSI) — Russia has filed a second extradition request for a Russian pilot sentenced to 20 years in jail in the United States for conspiring to smuggle drugs, a Foreign Ministry…
Makati to stage ‘zombie run’
MANILA, (PNA) –The Makati city government is eyeing to use “zombies” to boost its tourism industry this Halloween. Carmelito Anzures, Makati City Consultant on Tourism Affairs, said an event dubbed as “Makati…
UN, DR Congo forces fighting armed groups in South Kivu province
KINSHASA, (PNA/Xinhua) — The UN Mission for Stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO) and the DR Congo Armed Forces (FARDC) have been fighting armed groups in South Kivu province since Oct. 18, a UN…
Cambodia sees 1.48 bln USD trade deficit in 9 months
PHNOM PENH, (PNA/Xinhua) — Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2013, according to the Commerce Ministry’s data on Friday. The total…