By Perfecto Raymundo MANILA, (PNA) — The Supreme Court has allowed its Fiscal Management and Budget Office to deduct taxes on the special allowances of the members of the Judiciary. This was…
Authorities apprehend crew of 2 trawl motor bancas for illegal fishing
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Coast Guard authorities and tanod members of a coastal community in Capiz have apprehended the crew of two trawl motor bancas and confiscated their fishing gears for illegal…
Kenya mall attack hits 69 as siege enters another day
NAIROBI, (PNA/Xinhua) — The toll from a fatal attack on Kenya’s popular shopping mall has risen to 69, with 63 people missing on the third day of the standoff between security forces…
Surviving MNLF fighters will not escape
MANILA, (PNA) — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala on Monday said that the estimated 40 remaining Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters now…
US Commercial spacecraft’s docking with space station delayed
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– The docking of a space freighter developed by a private US company with the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least 48 hours, NASA has…
MRT, LRTs, PNR continue operations despite heavy rains
MANILA, (PNA) — Operations of the country’s mass rail transport systems remain normal on Monday despite the overnight heavy downpour experienced in Metro Manila. According to the Light Rail Transit Authority control…
Habagat continues to bring heavy rains over Metro Manila, Luzon — PAGASA
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday morning issued a orange rainfall warning in Metro Manila as well as some Luzon provinces as it expects…
Roundup: 78 killed, 146 injured as twin suicide blasts hit Christian church in NW Pakistan
By Misbah Saba Malik ISLAMABAD, (PNA/Xinhua) — At least 78 people were killed and over 146 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar…
Update: PAGASA issues ‘Orange Rainfall’ warning over MM, nearby provinces
MANILA, (PNA) — Some areas in Metro Manila were flooded on Monday morning amid heavy rains as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued an orange rainfall advisory over…
Enhanced ‘habagat’ rains to persist until Wednesday — PAGASA
MANILA, (PNA) — Government’s weather agency expects rainy weather in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon and surroundings until around the middle of this week. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weatherman…
Marikina River on ‘Alert Level 1’
MANILA, (PNA) — “Alert Level 1” was sounded as the Marikina River is now at 15.3 meters. This was revealed by the Marikina Public Information Office in its Twitter account around 8:55…
MM, nearby provinces suspend classes Monday due to heavy monsoon rains
MANILA, (PNA) — Metro Manila and nearby provinces suspended classes on Monday due to heavy rains and flooding. There will be no classes in all public and private pre-school up to high…
PNR suspends train operations due to flooded tracks
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) has temporarily suspended operations on Monday morning after some of its rail tracks have been submerged in floodwater. PNR spokesman Paul de Quiros said…
AFP-BIFF firefight in NorCot town traps teachers and students in public school
COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Fresh clashes between government troopers and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) erupted around 9 a.m. Monday in remote Barangay Malingao, Midsayap, North Cotabato, trapping teachers and students of…
MMDA announces flooded areas in Metro Manila
MANILA, (PNA) — Incessant monsoon rains pounded many parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces overnight caused flooding in several areas as well as the suspension of classes Monday morning. In a…