BACOLOD CITY, Sept 15 (PNA) — Two upland villages in Sagay City, Negros Occidental received technologically-advanced water purifying systems donated by Japanese firm Inada Inc. in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency…
BFAR provides assistance to typhoon-affected fishermen in Bataan
BALANGA CITY, Bataan, Sept. 15 (PNA) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) distributed Monday boat repair materials to 217 fishermen in this province whose fishing boats were damaged by…
Quezon province needs to build resilient communities, says governor
By Gideon Belen LUCENA CITY, Quezon Sept. 15 (PNA) — A new program needs to be implemented in the province that is gender responsive community-based disaster risk reduction and management that will…
Guimaras travellers reach 20,000 daily- Study
JORDAN, Guimaras, Sept 15 (PNA)– Data collated by the Provincial Government of Guimaras (PGG) showed that approximately 20,000 people come in and out the island-province daily as suggested by records kept at…
New-found spring is another water source for residents in Liliw, Laguna
By Sol Luzano LILIW, Laguna, Sept. 15 (PNA) — A new concrete public water tank will be constructed soon in the town which will collect water from a new-found spring ””There is…
Shell, Eastern Petroleum to hike gas prices by 10 c/ltr
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Sept 14 (PNA) – Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Eastern Petroleum said they will hike their gasoline prices by 10 centavos per liter on Tuesday. Shell will…
Promoting women’s economic participation in PHL and APEC
MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — In recent decades, there has been an economic transformation in many countries, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of…
SC asked to stop COMELEC’s lease of 71,000 OMR units for 2016 polls
By Perfecto T. Raymundo MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Election (COMELEC) from enforcing a resolution…
MPIC-Ayala takes over LRT-1 operations, maintenance
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Sept 14 (PNA) — The Light Rail Manila Consortium (LRMC), led by Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Ayala Corporation, took over the operations and maintenance of…
President Aquino graces opening of 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 14 (PNA) — The 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park, the integrated township development of Megaworld, was launched today, September 14. President Benigo Aquino III together with his Cabinet secretaries and…
President Aquino dares retired generals to give own solution to achieve peace in Mindanao
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) – President Benigno Aquino III on Monday challenged the retired generals to give their own solution if they claimed the Comprehensive Agreement on the…
Nine years needed to rehab mothballed nuke plant
By Sammy F. Martin MANILA, Sept. 14 (PNA) — The National Power Corp. (Napocor) on Monday said the government needs at least nine years to rehabilitate and assess the long-stalled Bataan Nuclear…
PHL stocks breach 7,000 level
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, Sept.14 (PNA) — Share prices breached the 7,000-level anew on Monday, as investors continued buying into the market amid expectations the United States Federal Reserve may maintain…
Bañamos Festival in Laguna eyes world record
By Zen Trinidad LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Sept. 14 (PNA) — The week-long Bañamos Festival being celebrated in this town from September 14-20 eyes a slot in the Guinness Book of World Records…
Construction of Villaverde road resurrects Pangasinan-Nueva Vizcaya boundary dispute
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 14 (PNA) — The long standing boundary-dispute between the provinces of Pangasinan and Nueva Vizcaya was resurrected with the impending construction of the Pangasinan side of the Villaverde road…