CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — About 700 senior high school and college students enrolled this summer under the Special Program for Employment Students (Spes) were welcomed by the City Government recently. The Spes aims to help poor but deserving students pursue their studies by giving them jobs during summer or semestral breaks.“Education is one of […]
CLARK FREEPORT — Officials of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) and Fred Bangoy International Airport (FBIA) have signed a sisterhood agreement that will link tourism between the north and the south. “We have to have connectivity. We have to connect the dots,” said transportation czar Mar Roxas who witnessed the signing of the “Sister airport” […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Mayor Oscar Rodriguez bared Friday that an estimated P1.1 billion worth of infrastructure projects are ongoing in this city. The City Government will spend some P300 million for some of the projects. The rest are funded by the National government through the Department of Public Works and Highways.“Yes. The City […]
Malacañang said on Wednesday that President Benigno Aquino III has refused to certify yet the release of the 2010 national census of population in the country due to alleged inaccuracies in the result of the survey, particularly found in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm). “At present time, there were inaccuracies in the census […]
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. was awarded the Quadricentennial Service Award for his important role in the 400th founding anniversary celebration of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). During an appreciation luncheon on Wednesday at the UST Main Building Lobby, Espana, Manila, UST Rector Rev. Fr. Rolando dela Rosa awarded the […]
Philippine communist guerrillas warned three mining companies Wednesday that they may be attacked again if they continue to use methods the rebels say harm the environment. New People’s Army regional spokesman Jorge Madlos said the nickel mining companies in remote Claver town in southern Surigao del Norte province have refused to discuss the guerrillas’ concerns […]
A person got killed while five others were injured after unidentified men held up and shot two guards delivering cash to Sanry’s Money Changer at Robinson’s Galleria in Pasig City, Thursday. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Nicanor Bartolome has ordered an investigation into the robbery. “A full-dress investigation is now underway to determine the […]
The Philippine Coast Guard said a fire disabled engines on a foreign cruise ship with about 1,000 people on board and that the vessel is drifting in waters south of Manila. Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente said the fire late Friday on the MV Azamara Quest of the Royal Caribbean Lines was immediately put out but […]
A Philippine Catholic school is witholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing each other, an education official said Friday. A day earlier, a Philippine court rejected another Catholic school’s decision to bar five girls from graduation ceremonies because they had posed in bikinis for […]
MANILA — A Philippine court has handed life sentences to three Chinese nationals for possession of some 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of methamphetamine. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said in a statement Friday that Sunxiao Xu, Wenxian Hong and Xuiqin Shi, all from southeast China’s Fujian province, were convicted and sentenced earlier this month. The […]