MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Health Insurance (Philhealth) will provide benefits to victims of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Central Visayas last week, a Palace official said. “Benefits shall cover for…
Magnitude 5.4 aftershocks occur in Bohol
MANILA, (PNA) — Six days after the the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that shook Central Visayas last Tuesday morning, massive aftershocks continued to jolt the region, particularly in the province of Bohol, according…
(Oro)No areas of concern in CDO, says police
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) – – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has not declared any of this city’s 80 rural and urban villages as “area of concern” ahead of the October…
Church leaders, farmers hold solidarity march
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) -– Some 2,000 farmers, students, civil society and non-government organization group members held a church-peasant solidarity march rally Monday afternoon here to lobby for the complete abolition…
Gov’t doing its best to provide aid to quake affected areas, assures ample relief supply
By Janice Cave MANILA, (PNA) — The government assured Monday it is doing its best to ensure that enough aid is given in all affected areas and has ample supply of relief…
Manila Radar Control Center to undergo 30-hour preventive maintenance works — CAAP
MANILA, (PNA) — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has issued a Notice to Airman (NOTAM) which will limit outgoing and incoming domestic flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…
SC junks with finality San Roque Power Corporation’s P560-M tax refund
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Supreme Court has dismissed with finality San Roque Power Corporation’s claim for a P560-million tax refund in connection with its unused input value-added tax…
LTFRB suspends 43 buses of companies involved in Quezon mishap
MANILA, (PNA) -– The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday suspended 43 units of the three bus companies involved in the deadly road accident in Quezon province last Saturday….
Joint transport team arrests 300 Davao traffic violators in five days
By Judy G. Quiros DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — A joint composite team from Davao City’s transport agencies have apprehended over 300 vehicles for various traffic violations in five days. Land Transportation Franchising…
Comelec postpones barangay polls in Bohol
MANILA, (PNA) –The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday the postponement of Barangay elections in the province of Bohol. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes, however, said he did not specify the reason…
Support to quake victims must go beyond relief goods, physical reconstruction
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, (PNA) — Sexagenarian Jose Cajucom still could not grasp himself in recalling what he witnessed in the rescue of hundreds of students and teachers from the rubbles of…
Tsunami early warning system to be set up soon off Batangas seas
BATANGAS CITY, (PNA) – – A tsunami early warning system, to be donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP), is expected to be established off the coastal waters of the…
Ex-TESDA chief asks SC to stop disbursing DAP
By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — Former Iloilo Rep. and erstwhile Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Augusto “Buboy” Syjuco, Jr. Monday asked the Supreme Court to stop the government…
‘Negros Occidental has long history of organic agriculture’
By Nanette L. Guadacquiver BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Long before the national government campaigned for the practice organic agriculture, the province of Negros Occidental had long been championing this farming practice. This…
24 NOLITC medical transcription trainees in Bacolod finish course
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Twenty-four trainees of the medical transcription course offered by the provincial government-run Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) received their certificates of completion during their graduation…