CARACAS, (PNA/Xinhua) — Venezuelan Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez on Wednesday rejected a World Bank ruling against the Venezuelan government’s expropriation of U.S. oil company Conoco Phillips in 2007. The ruling…
Night market as option for Davao’s street vendor dilemma
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — Davao City officials may have cleared the streets of criminals but not the street vendors who immediately return to their turfs along with their goodies the minute the…
DENR-3 orders inventory of lumber stocks, logs of furniture shops, sash factories in Central Luzon
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) — The Department and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office here has ordered the immediate inventory of lumber stocks, logs and flitches of over 400…
DA-3 assures assistance for typhoon-affected farmers in Central Luzon
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office has assured availability of seeds for distribution to farmers whose crops were damaged by the onslaught of tropical…
DA Bicol launches ‘Gulayan sa Kampo’ program
By Danny O. Calleja PILI, Camarines Sur, (PNA) – First, it was Gulayan sa Paaralan to Gulayan sa Barangay, then to Gulayan sa Simbahan. This time, it’s Gulayan sa Kampo that the…
India likely to harvest record 107-M tonnes rice in 2013-14
NEW DELHI, (PNA/PTI) — India’s rice output is expected to touch a new record of 107 million tonnes in 2013-14 crop year, while exports are expected to dip by almost 10 per…
Chicago agricultural commodities fall across the board
CHICAGO, (PNA/Xinhua) — Chicago agricultural commodity futures went down across the board Wednesday over better-than- expected output forecast and heavy technical selling. The most active corn contract for December delivery fell 5.75…
Russia to allocate 200 million rubles for human rights groups before year-end
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Russia will allocate 200 million rubles to support domestic human rights organizations before the year-end, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Presidential Council of Civil Society and Human Rights…
Researchers develop new technology that helps rapidly detect brain tumors
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have developed a laser-based technology that may allow surgeons to quickly and accurately identify and remove brain tumors. Researchers from the University of Michigan…
Experimental treatment reverses Down syndrome in lab mice
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. researchers said Wednesday that they have identified a compound that appears to reverse the learning deficits associated with Down syndrome in lab mice. While use of the compound,…
ITCZ brings rains over Mimaropa, Visayas
MANILA, (PNA) — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday said that Palawan and Visayas will experience cloudy and rainy weather due to an active Intertropical Convergence Zone…
AFP’s peace, development efforts continue despite ComVal land mine attack
MANILA, (PNA) — Col. Benjamin R. Madrigal, Jr., 701st Infantry Brigade commander today said the deployment of peace and development teams will continue despite the landmine attack in Sitio Lantawan, Barangay Napnapan,…
Sci-technology vital for agriculture
Hanoi, (PNA/VNS) -— National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung yesterday declared the necessity of boosting the development and application of science and technology in agricultural production to raise the value of the…
NPA rebel surrenders in Surigao
CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, (PNA) -– A squad leader of the New People’s Army voluntarily surrendered to the military in Surigao del Norte, the military said Tuesday. Lt. Col. Leo…
Salzburg Festival should be smaller to avoid ‘overkill’
VIENNA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Despite the widely-claimed success of the 2013 Salzburg Festival, Mayor Heinz Schaden on Tuesday called for the event to be made smaller due to what he said as “overkill.”…