WASHINGTON, (PNA/PTI) — The political impasse in the US Congress over budget showed no signs of easing as the first meeting between President Barack Obama and lawmakers since a budget deadlock shut…
Sensex rallies by 287 pts in late morning trade
MUMBAI, (PNA/PTI) — The S&P BSE benchmark Sensex rallied by 287 points in the late morning trade today on persistent buying, mainly in IT, metal, tech, auto and consumer durable sectors, on…
CMC asks Comelec to postpone barangay polls in Zambo
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) –The Crisis Management Committee (CMC) has passed a resolution requesting the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to postpone the holding of the barangay elections in view of the prevailing situation…
TESDA, DSWD training help Zamboanga folk start anew
MANILA, (PNA) — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) started recently livelihood training to the evacuees who are now temporarily seeking…
More rebels return under Solcom’s ‘Balik Pamayanan Program’
By Michelle Cedeño CAMP GEN. NAKAR, Lucena City, (PNA) — More rebels continue to return to the fold of law under the Southern Luzon Command’s (Solcom) “Balik Pamayanan Program,” according to Solcom…
Russia bans 250,000 violators of migration rules to arrive in country
NEW YORK, (PNA/Itar-Tass) –Thanks to the information system of the migration service, Russia controls and regulates the migration flows successfully. “The violators of the migration rules are banned to arrive in our…
North Cotabato teachers earlier seized by BIFF re-start classes
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato, (PNA) –- A week after heavily armed men held hostage and used public school teachers here as human shields, the Department of Education (DepEd) in North Cotabato reopened the…
About 40,000 students benefit from P719.86-M SSS educational loans
MANILA, (PNA) — The Social Security System (SSS) has released a total of P719.86 million in “study-now, pay later” loans for student-beneficiaries of more than 38,000 member-borrowers who had availed themselves of…
Iloilo City mayor amenable to transfer of flyover for public safety
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) –Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said he is amenable to the proposal of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to transfer the Infante flyover in Molo District to…
3 quakes jolts in Visayas, Mindanao
MANILA, (PNA) — Three moderate earthquakes struck parts of Visayas and Mindanao on Thursday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its bulletin, the agency said the first…
Xi proposes setting up Asian infra investment bank
BEIJIING, (PNA/APP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed to establish an Asian infrastructure investment bank to promote interconnectivity and economic integration in the region. Xi put forward the proposal Wednesday during…
Recognition for Iloilo River brings international exposure to Iloilo City
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The inclusion of the Iloilo River in the Thiess International River prize award held recently in Brisbane, Australia brings positive international exposure to Iloilo and the rest of…
LatAm database on climate change unveiled
SANTIAGO, (PNA/Xinhua) — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and Chile’s University of Cantabria, unveiled on Wednesday a…
ADB predicts modest Vietnam growth
HANOI, (PNA/VNS) — The Asian Development Bank has maintained the forecast for gross domestic production (GDP) growth for Vietnam at 5.2 percent this year in its updated annual publication Asian Development Outlook…
US IOC member seeks to include sexual discrimination article in Olympic charter
NEW-YORK, (PNA/Itar-Tass) -– Larry Probst, new member of the International Olympic Committee, plans to vote for addition to the Olympic charter of an article which prohibits discrimination against sexual minorities. According to…