TAYABAS CITY, Quezon (PNA) -– Public elementary schools in Quezon province are set to begin the Nutrijuice Feeding Program Season 4 as 820 more Nutrijuice packs were delivered in Tayabas City, this…
DOST to put up food innovation center in every region
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to establish a food innovation center in every region to come up with innovative and add-on products based on…
Brain cleans itself during sleep — study
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — Scientists said Thursday they have found what could be sleep’s basic purpose: it clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts. The findings, published in the U.S. journal Science, revealed…
Australia’s New South Wales bushfires prompt health warnings
SYDNEY, (PNA/Xinhua) –Children, older adults and people with heart and lung conditions need to be more careful as air quality deteriorates in many parts of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) due to…
Bacolod City Police Office observes Children’s Month
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) -– The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), in cooperation with Police Station 5, held a program at the Alberto D. Arceo Elementary School in Barangay Alangilan Friday to mark…
Population crises demand reforms
HANOI, (PNA/VNS) –New challenges are coming from the country’s rapid rate of ageing, gender imbalance at birth, gender inequality, and poor access to reproductive health services in some areas, which requires timely…
Australian scientists find how black holes grow by gravitational waves
CANBERRA, (PNA/Xinhua) — A paper in Friday’s issue of the journal Science pits the front-running ideas about the growth of supermassive black holes against observational data — a limit on the strength…
US Biotech firm wins Russian funding – Report
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– US biotech firm Cleveland BioLabs has won an approximately $ 4.6 million dollar contract from the Russian Ministry of Trade and Industry to fund research into a potential…
Mindanao peace stakeholders remain positive, patient over GPH-MILF talks
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Peace stakeholders in Mindanao remain positive and patient on the progress of talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation…
DSWD-7 sends relief items to isolated town of Maribojoc
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas said they finally reached Thursday the municipality of Maribojoc which was isolated after a…
UN elects 5 new security council members
UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Saudi Arabia and Chad easily won coveted seats on the UN Security Council on Thursday, despite criticism from human rights groups that their rights records are abysmal….
Tropical storm Francisco may enter PHL by Sunday — PAGASA
MANILA, (PNA) — The tropical storm with international name Francisco, hovering off the Pacific Ocean, continues to move towards the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on…
Health office vaccinates elderly folks at Zambo evacuation centers
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA)–The City Health Office (CHO) has conducted immunization for the elderly to protect them from diseases while staying at the evacuation centers here. More than 100,000 individuals have been displaced…
Senator Binay urges Bohol and Cebu retailers to strictly follow price freeze
MANILA, (PNA) — Senator Nancy Binay, upon visiting areas in Tagbilaran City, Bohol noticed some stores selling goods at higher prices and urged retailers to strictly follow the price freeze. The national…
Quake damage now at more than half-billion pesos — NDRRMC
MANILA, (PNA) — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Friday announced that damage caused by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Central Visayas has hit the P563.66 million mark….