JAKARTA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met here Wednesday on bilateral ties, relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and…
TESDA distributes livelihood tool kits to C4TP graduates
KIDAPAWAN CITY, (PNA) — Fifty fresh graduates of Cash for Training Program (C4TP) initiated by the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) – North Cotabato were awarded with free livelihood tool…
U.S. researchers develop thought-controlled ‘bionic’ leg
By Karin Zeitvogel WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– An American man has become the first person to walk using a bionic leg controlled by his own thoughts, researchers who helped develop the ground-breaking…
Russia and NATO discuss missile defense
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Defense Ministry delegation has met NATO representatives in Brussels to discuss missile defense, the ministry’s press service told Itar-Tass. “NATO’s Air and Missile Defense Committee met on Monday…
MIMAROPA pushes for “Philippines’ eco-tourism star” tag
By Clarinda I. Catimpo PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) — Tourism stakeholders in the MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) are pushing to make the region the country’s ultimate eco-tourism destination to help generate…
Moscow court extends house arrest for opposition leader
MOSCOW, (PNA/RAPSI) -– A court in Moscow extended the house arrest Wednesday for a leftist opposition leader accused of plotting violent unrest across Russia. Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov is now…
DA defends abolition of subsidy to hybrid, certified seeds
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, (PNA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has defended its decision to phase out its program giving 50 percent subsidy to hybrid and certified rice seeds bought by farmers in…
Operation vs big-scale insect infestation showing positive results – PCA
By Cielito Reganit MANILA, (PNA) — An intervention program undertaken by the Philippine Coconut Authority to eradicate scale insect infestation plaguing coconut farms in several towns of Batangas and Quezon have shown…
Mayor expresses gratitude as elite AFP forces leave Zambo
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) — Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has expressed her gratitude to the Joint Special Operations Group (JSOG) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that was directly involved in…
Robust PHL economic forecast lifts stocks
By Leslie Venzon MANILA, (PNA) –- Local share prices rose sharply for a second session Wednesday on the back of bargain-hunting and robust 2014 economic growth forecast for the Philippines. Philippine stocks…
DA to padlock 2 corporations due to PDAF controversy
By Lilybeth G. Ison MANILA, (PNA) — The Dept. of Agriculture is set to padlock two of its corporations for being implicated in the alleged multi-billion-peso priority development assistance fund or commonly…
Pinili town slowly rising as Ilocos Norte’s garlic town (Agribusiness Feature)
By Honor Blanco Cabie PINILI, Ilocos Norte, (PNA) -– Homecoming residents and visitors to the country’s far northwest, particularly this historic town facing Luzon Bay, have noticed a slow but steady transformation…
(Nightlead) Bangladesh inaugurates construction of 1st nuclear power plant
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of the country’s first nuclear power plant Wednesday. The Bangladeshi government has already approved a 265 million U. S. dollars…
Comelec asks barangay officials to remit counterpart fund for the election
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)—The Commission on Election (Comelec) provincial office has confirmed that 30 percent of the more than 1,200 barangays in Pangasinan have yet to remit their respective financial contributions for the…
Dagestan investigators establish suicide bomber’s identity
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Investigators in Dagestan established the identity of the suicide bomber who blasted himself near the police station in the village of Khuchni, Tabarsan district, on Sept 23. He is…