MANILA, (PNA) — The peso strengthened against the dollar Tuesday partly on news that Japan will increase sales tax in 2014. It finished the day at 43.325, better by P0.215 from the…
Ateneo closes on women’s badminton crown
By Lily O.Ramos MANILA, (PNA)– Ateneo’s Blue Lady Eagles moved just one win away from clinching the UAAP Season 76 women’s badminton crown after a 3-1 victory over De La Salle in…
Roundup:Partisan deadlock forces 1st U.S. govt shutdown in 17 years
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) –Congress’s failure to agree on a funding bill has pushed the U.S. government into a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years, hitting many public services and forcing…
Fukushima 1 NPP resumes operation of radioactive water treatment system
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — After another failure, the operation of the radioactive water treatment system at Japan’s nuclear Fukushima Daiichi (Fukushima 1) nuclear power plant, partially resumed on Monday. Operations stopped last August…
ATOP 14th national confab kicks off in Legazpi
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) — Over a thousand delegates from across the country will gather here on Wednesday for the national convention of the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) on…
NGCP cuts power to CASURECO III
By Joann Santiago MANILA, (PNA) – The Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative III (CASURECO III) was disconnected from the power grid about 12 noon Monday due to unpaid debt to San Miguel Energy…
1 domestic flight diverted to Clark, 4 more cancelled
MANILA, (PNA) — A Philippine Airlines Express flight Cagayan de Oro to Manila was forced to divert to Clark International Airport on Tuesday afternoon due to congested air traffic at the Ninoy…
Niger marks int’l older persons day
NIAMEY, (PNA/Xinhua) — Niger marked the International Day of Older Persons by calling for greater attending to the elderly population in the West African country. The call was made by Nigerien Population…
MakinaSaka: Achieving food self-sufficiency through agricultural mechanization
By Cielito M. Reganit LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, (PNA) – Agriculture officials on Tuesday highlighted the need to improve the country’s level of agriculture mechanization if we are to attain and sustain food self-sufficiency…
Gunmen cut short students’ dream in Nigeria college raid
By Olatunji Saliu ABUJA, (PNA/Xinhua) — A Nigerian college reopened for education 13 days ago but the door to a bright future of dozens of students was shut permanently when gunmen cut…
OSG’s motion to lift TRO vs. pork barrel, Malampaya Fund opposed
MANILA, (PNA) — A group of petitioners Tuesday opposed the motion of the Office of the Solicitor General and the Congress seeking to lift the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme…
PHL stocks up slightly after 5 days of losses
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, (PNA) –- The Philippines’ strengthening fiscal position and tepid increase in China’s manufacturing activity pushed local share prices slightly higher on Tuesday after five days of decline….
Japan group asks S. Korea to lift import ban on fishery products
TOKYO, (PNA/Kyodo) — Japan’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations asked South Korea on Tuesday to lift its import ban on fishery products from parts of Japan imposed because of leaks of…
Cassini spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn moon
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. space agency NASA said Monday its Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn’s moon Titan….
Troops recover 26 bodies of slain MNLF rebels involved in Zambo standoff
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) –- Government forces conducting clearing operations have recovered a total of 26 cadavers of slain Moro National Liberation Front rebels in the critical areas here. The critical areas are…