By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) – Oil firms will reduce prices on Tuesday, for the ninth consecutive week. In separate advisories on Monday, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC), Petron…
Globe urges customers to step up online security vigilance via #Protech101
MANILA, Aug. 24 (PNA) — Globe Telecom, the purveyor of digital lifestyle in the Philippines, urges its customers to step up their online vigilance so they can better protect themselves from becoming…
South Cotabato’s H1 tourist arrivals reach 241,000
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) — South Cotabato’s enhanced tourism development and promotion initiatives have continued to gain ground as the area’s tourist arrivals posted anew a significant growth during the…
Ormoc City looks into rent dispute
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Aug. 24 (PNA) – Officials of a remote village here are in a quandary over whether they have to pay rentals for the local government site, which has long…
Iloilo still beholds its “Queen City of the South” title
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) –- Iloilo City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said that the city still beholds the “Queen City of the South” title for no formal declaration had been ever…
DPWH vows to resolve school infra project gaps in Southern Leyte
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Aug. 24 (PNA) –- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has vowed to address problems which hinder the construction of school buildings in far-flung areas in…
JICA sets US$ 2-B for PHL’s Tutuban-Malolos rail project
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Aug 23 (PNA) — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) earmarks some US$ 2.0 billion for the Philippines for the construction of the first phase of the…
EU businesses rank PHL with easiest labor recruitment from abroad among ASEAN-5
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Aug 23 (PNA) — The Philippines topped among ASEAN-5 in terms of ease of recruiting labor from abroad and sentiment towards the European Union (EU), according to…
ERC gearing up TWG for Competition Commission
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, August 23 (PNA) – Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman Jose Vicente Salazar said the regulatory body will create a technical working group (TWG) in preparation for the…
Statement of the Bureau of Customs on the issue of balikbayan boxes
By Ferdinand G. Patinio MANILA, Aug. 23 (PNA) — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said that they are not after the pasalubong of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) but the smugglers who…
Former DOE head questions third party requirement for CSP
By Juzel L. Danganan MANILA, Aug. 23 (PNA) – Former Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Francisco Viray has questioned the third party hires required for the competitive selection process (CSP) for distribution…
Dengue outbreak haunts Bohol town
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 23 (PNA) — Dengue outbreak now haunts the municipality of Sagbayan, accumulating 98 cases in the last 45 days with one death added on August…
Consult with local execs before implementing energy projects, RDC-3 tells DOE
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, Aug. 23 (PNA) — Top officials of the Regional Development Council-3 (RDC-3) have called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to advise their contractors and…
Water rising downstream of Agno river due to increase discharges from San Roque dam
By Leonardo V. Micua DAGUPAN CITY, Aug. 23 )PNA)–The water level of the downstream portion of the Agno river in Pangasinan has further risen as the National Power Corporation (NPC) increased its…
North Cotabato town assures all out support for entry to DA-Gawad Saka 2015
By Edwin O. Fernandez MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato, Aug 23 (PNA) — The Local government of Midsayap has given its full support to this town’s nominee for the Department of Agriculture for Gawad…