SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna (PNA) -– San Pablo City Mayor Loreto S. Amante is reminding job applicants and employment seekers on Thursday that the Memorandum of Undertaking forged by then City Mayor…
Belmonte assures the P10 billion pork barrel scam could not tarnish the name of the institution
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, (PNA) — Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., on Thursday said that the P10 Billion pork barrel scam allegedly maneuvered by Janet Lim Napoles could not tarnish the name…
Rain or Shine advances in semifinals of PBA Governor’s Cup
By Jelly Musico MANILA, (PNA) -– Defending champion Rain or Shine played solid fourth quarter to beat GlobalPort, 108-106, and advanced in the semifinals Thursday night in the PBA Governor’s Cup at…
Automated weather station installed in Atimonan, Quezon
By Michelle Cedano ATIMONAN, Quezon (PNA) -– Quezon Governor David “Jay-Jay” C. Suarez led the signing of agreement and turn-over of the third automated weather station with officials from the Therma Luzon…
Pakistan’s earthquake death toll could rise in inaccessible areas: minister
Islamabad, (PNA/Xinhua) — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the parliament on Thursday that the death toll from the 7.7-magnitude powerful earthquake could rise as some areas are still inaccessible…
National University wins UAAP Season 76 beach volley title
By Lily O. Ramos MANILA, (PNA)–National University (NU) booked its second straight UAAP men’s beach volleyball title by hammering University of Santo Tomas (UST) 21-16, 21-17 at the UE Caloocan sand court…
Whistleblower presents photocopy of Napoles’ 40 properties to Senate
By Azer Parrocha MANILA, (PNA) — Janet Napoles had more or less 40 and not just 28 properties across the country, said a whistleblower who testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee…
Environment office, village folk and coeds join coastal clean-up
LUCENA CITY, Quezon (PNA) -– The Quezon Provincial Government-Environment and Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO), in partnership with the ABE International Business School and village folk, conducted a massive coastal clean-up this week…
Sochi passes final IOC inspection for winter olympics
SOCHI, (PNA/R-Sport) -– The Russian city of Sochi has passed its final inspection ahead of February’s Winter Olympics with flying colors, despite serious flooding overshadowing the visit of the International Olympic Committee’s…
MMDA to host internal confab on infectious diseases next year
MANILA, (PNA) — After hosting the 11th Asian Crisis Management Conference (ACMC) last July, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will again host an international meeting on February 2014, which will discuss…
New cases of HIV decline for 3rd year
HA NOI, (PNA/VNS) -— An average of 29 people contracted HIV every day in the first five months of this year, announced a meeting held on Tuesday in Ha Noi. Bac Ninh,…
Twitter launches emergency alert system in U.S., Japan, S. Korea
NEW YORK, (PNA/Kyodo) — Microblogging service Twitter rolled out an emergency alert system for smartphones in the United States, Japan and South Korea on Wednesday, it said on the day of the…
Soyuz carrying int’l crew launched from Baikonur
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to ferry an international crew to the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:58 Moscow time on Thursday. The…
Australia’s researchers creates new device to measure central blood pressure
MELBOURNE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some Australian researchers has invented a new device, which could measure the more accurate blood pressure than usual ones to provide the correct quantity of medication for patients with…
(Lead) Pakistan quake death toll rises to 348 as 20 more bodies recovered
ISLAMABAD, (PNA/Xinhua) — The death toll of a powerful earthquake that hit Pakistan’s southwest province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to 348 as 20 more bodies were recovered by rescue…