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Bulacan court to arraign Palparan

Retired Major General Jovito Palparan will be arraigned today based on the decision of Malolos Regional Trial Court Judge Teodora Gonzales for the kidnapping of two University of Philippines students.

Two flights cancelled due to ‘sunset limitation’

MANILA, Aug 16 (PNA) — Flights between Manila and Tagbilaran, Bohol were cancelled on Saturday due to “sunset limitation,” the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said. Sunset limitation occurs when a plane cannot take off or land after dark because the airport has no night landing facilities. Via Twitter, DOTC said that flights cancelled included 2P-2777 (Manila-Tagbilaran) and (2P-2778 Tagbilaran-Manila). Both flights belonged to PAL Express. (PNA)

OWWA to Fetch more than 800 OFWs from MALTA

MANILA, Aug. 16 (PNA) — The government’s ASSIST WELL TEAM spearheaded by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, along with OWWA Administrator Rebecca J. Calzado, will extend assistance to more than 800 OFW returnees from troubled-country Libya. “We will be at the airport literally for two consecutive days, Saturday night, and Sunday at dawn. This is because the intervals of the arrival of OFWs from the war-torn Libya is just within hours or so, and we would […]

President Aquino wants safety assessment of Filipino peacekeepers in Liberia, Golan Heights

MANILA, Aug. 16 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III wants a detailed assessment of how safe Filipino peacekeepers are in Liberia and Golan Heights in the midst of security and health threats in those areas, a Palace official said. It was reported that the Department of National Defense made a recommendation for the pullout of Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights and Liberia because of increasing tensions in the Middle East and the spread of […]

Drilon, Belmonte personally deliver to the INC leadership a resolution declaring July 27 as special non-working holiday

Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte were at the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s central office earlier this morning to personally deliver to the INC leadership joint resolution number 2, the resolution declaring July 27, 2014 as a special non-working holiday. The first time a joint resolution was passed was in the year 2011, more than three years ago.