MANILA, (PNA) — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant General Manager for Operations Emerson Carlos on Sunday announced that the agency is now accepting part time traffic enforcers due to shortage of…
Cebu Pacific announces 3-day special flight skeds to and from Zamboanga
MANILA, (PNA) — Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) on Saturday announced its three-day flight schedules to and from Zamboanga City after the Civil Aviation Authority lifted the ‘no-fly zone” in that city last…
Afghan forces kill 11 Taliban fighters including shadowy district governor
KABUL, (PNA/Xinhua) — Afghan security forces raided Taliban hideouts in Nejrab District of Kapisa Province on Saturday, killing 11 militants including a shadowy district governor, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a…
Villar invests P1B to beef up retail business
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, (PNA) — MBV Retail Holdings Corp. of the Villar family is going big in retailing as it invests an initial P1 billion to pursue more expansion projects….
Maldives is all psyched for World Tourism Day 2013
MANILA, (PNA) — One week is all that is left until World Tourism Day, which this year will be hosted by Maldives. With the theme “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”,…
‘Odettei’ grounds 9 more intl flights
MANILA, (PNA) — Typhoon “Usagi” has caused the cancellation of nine more international flights on top of the 18 earlier cancelled on Sunday. The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Media Affairs Division said…
Feature: Economy booms in Iraq’s Kurdistan as other parts struggle with violence
By Jamal Hashim ARBIL, Iraq, (PNA/Xinhua) — While much of Iraq grapples with increasing violence and power struggle, raising fears that the country could slide into civil war, the northern Kurdistan Region…
Salceda to present Albay tourism strategy to world ecotourism confab
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) –Department of Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. has invited Albay Gov. Joey Salceda to present the province’s successful tourism strategy to the 5th World Ecotourism Conference (WED) slated in…
Surrender an honorable thing, military tells surviving MNLF fighters
MANILA, (PNA) — Army units deployed in Zambonga City have stepped up their efforts to urge surviving Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters to surrender. The military added that surrendering is an…
American companies want to link up with Filipino entrepreneurs
DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)–From 75 to 100 American companies are willing to link up not only with big but also small manufacturers in the Philippines, particularly in the the province of Pangasinan. This…
Gov’t earmarks P3.9B for Zambo rehabilitation
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, (PNA) –The government has earmarked a total of P3.9B for the early recovery and rehabilitation of families affected by the ruthless Moro National Liberation Front-led crisis in…
US Marine Corps humanitarian mission now in Albay
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) — Thirty-six United States Marine Corps personnel arrived at the Legazpi City Airport with medical and engineering supplies at 11:00 a.m. Sunday on board two USMC C-130 transport aircraft…
UN envoy condemns killing of Israeli soldier, urges self-restraint
JERUSALEM, (PNA/Xinhua) — UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, condemned on Sunday the abduction and killing of Israeli soldier Tomer Hazan by a Palestinian who intended to…
Rehabilitated farm-to-market road boosts income of ARBs
MANILA, (PNA) — The Dept. of Agrarian Reform’s P7.2-million farm-to-market road is currently improving the economic lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Buguey town in Cagayan. This was cited this weekend by…
Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held
COLOMBO, (PNA/PTI) — Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party today secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former Tamil Tigers- ruled…