DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) – Silliman University on Monday donated two additional brand new XR200 motorcycles to the city police for its Quick Response Team (CQRT). This brings to three the total motorcycle…
43 undocumented Filipinos to arrive from Saudi
By Michaela del Callar MANILA, (PNA) — Another batch of 43 undocumented Filipinos from Saudi Arabia who joined a Philippine government-organized repatriation will arrive in Manila Monday night barely two weeks before…
US Asks Russia to delay satellite launch – official
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — The US asked to delay today’s launch of a Russian Proton rocket carrying an American commercial satellite after problems with one of its communications centers, a space agency…
PNoy: Savings can be used to replenish calamity, contingency funds
MANILA, (PNA) — The government has ample savings it can use to replenish the dwindling calamity and contingency funds, Pres. Benigno Aquino III said Monday. At the sidelines of an event he…
POEA to conduct job fairs in Cebu, Bohol
By Josine Estuye MANILA, (PNA) –- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration will hold job fairs in earthquake-stricken Bohol and Cebu. According to POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, Department of Labor and Employment…
Fighting asteroids a new task for Russia’s space industry
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Russia’s space agency has a new mission on its plate: fighting asteroids, the organization’s head said Sunday. Oleg Ostapenko, chief of the Roscosmos federal space agency, said that…
(Lead) Bohol prone to sink hole formation
By Catherine Teves MANILA, (PNA) -– Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) isn’t discounting the possibility sink holes dot Bohol, noting such naturally formed depressions in the ground often occur in areas of…
China to further explore meteorological resources
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — China will conduct a general survey and assessment of its wind power, solar energy and other meteorological resources, according to a report submitted to the top legislature on Monday….
Rainwater spilled from tank barriers exceeds regular radiation level: TEPCO
TOKYO, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some of the rainwater overflowed from concrete barriers around clusters of tanks on Sunday in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was found to have radiation levels above the regulatory…
DPWH’s priority to make roads and bridges passable in quake-hit areas – Singson
By Josine Estuye MANILA, (PNA) -– Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson on Monday admitted more are still to be assessed in quake-stricken Bohol and Cebu before they develop the best…
Aquino cites semiconductor, electronics industry for contribution to country’s economic growth
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has cited the Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry for its contribution in helping the government revolutionize the country’s economic growth amid the global crisis….
Senate files Resolution to abolish PDAF in General Appropriations Act of 2014
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, (PNA) — A resolution was filed on Monday expressing the position of the Senate to abolish the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) in the General Appropriations Act…
India’s Mars spacecraft integrated with rocket
BANGALORE, (PNA/Bernama) — India’s Mars spacecraft, whose launch has been delayed by almost a week, has been integrated with launch vehicle, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday. “The spacecraft’s integration…
Aquino says Electronics Product Development Center will boost semiconductor and electronic industry
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III said the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is putting up a modern and world-class Electronics Product Development Center (EPDC) to boost the country’s…
President Aquino names new Overall Deputy Ombudsman
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Melchor Arthur H. Carandang as the new Overall Deputy Ombudsman. In a one-page transmittal letter of Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr….