15-km provincial road completed in Maguindanao By Gloria Jane Baylon

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

PANDAG, Maguindanao, May 19 (PNA) — A 15.3-kilometer provincial road section here, which traverses the towns of Buluan, Pandag, Paglat, and SK Pendatun, and connects

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Eminent Persons in ASEAN-US partnership in Manila for two-day inaugural meet By Gloria Jane Baylon

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

MANILA, May 20 (PNA) — The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of the partnership between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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SpaceX aborts launch to space station due to technical problems

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

WASHINGTON, May 19 (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. private spaceflight company SpaceX aborted the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station

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DAR holds massive info drive on Hacienda Luisita farmer-beneficiaries

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

TARLAC CITY, May 19 (PNA)-—The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Friday started conducting a massive information campaign simultaneously in all barangays inside Hacienda Luisita

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DPWH takes advantage of summer to fast track anti-flood structures in Legazpi City By Danny O. Calleja

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

LEGAZPI CITY, May 19 (PNA)— The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is racing against time this summer as it takes advantage of the

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NATO chief urges commitments to Afghanistan, smart defense ahead of summit

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

CHICAGO, May 20 (PNA/Xinhua) — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Saturday laid out priorities for the upcoming Chicago summit of the alliance, pushing

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Russia calls for solving Syrian crisis by “forceps”, not “ax”

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

WASHINGTON, May 19 (PNA/RIA Novosti) — Russia will call its partners at the G-8 summit “not to try to cut the Syrian crisis knot by

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Leyte town allots P0.5M for agro-forestry project

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

ORMOC CITY, May 19 (PNA) — The municipal government of neighboring Kananga town has allocated P500,000 for an agro-forestry and watershed rehabilitation project. Kananga mayor

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Scarred OFW returns home soon

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

MANILA, May 19 (PNA) — Filipino Alfredo Salmos, who sustained near-fatal injuries resulting from getting electrocuted at work in Saudi Arabia in 2010, could be

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ASEAN, Australia, NZ in forum for trade in services

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MANILA, May 19 (PNA) — The Philippine Government on Saturday hosted the second partnership forum on trade in services in the Association of Southeast Asian

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Aboitiz inks deal to power off-grid communities

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

MANILA, May 20 (PNA) — Aboitiz Power Corp. through wholly-owned subsidiary AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI) and the Aboitiz Foundation signed a partnership agreement with the

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Zambo health officials tap youth sector’s help to address HIV-AIDS problem

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 19 (PNA) – Local health officials are tapping the assistance of the youth sector through the Sangguniang Kabataan in their advocacy campaign

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Leyte town’s zoning ordinance slammed for promoting mangrove-cutting

May 20, 2012   //   0 Comments

ORMOC CITY, May 19 (PNA) — The head of a business group in neighboring Palompon town slammed a local ordinance that converts swamps in five

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UNFPA executive director in Manila to boost support for MDG 5

May 19, 2012   //   0 Comments

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin (right) is in Manila from May 17-19 for a series of meetings with stakeholders to mobilize

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