Global powers press Libya’s warring factions to implement a plan for a national unity government, to counter the growing influence of Islamic State. The United States and Italy are leading an international push to get Libya’s warring factions to sign a deal that sets up a national unity government, to help stabilize the chaotic North African country. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a unified government is the only way to counter the growing […]
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Final climate draft unveiled
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a “historic” measure for transforming the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming. At the tail end of the hottest year on record and after four years of fraught U.N. talks often pitting the interests of rich nations against poor, imperiled island states against rising economic powerhouses, Fabius urged officials from nearly 200 nations to support […]
Gov’t vows to create more quality jobs
MANILA, Dec. 11 (PNA) — The government vows to create more quality jobs for Filipinos before the Aquino administration steps down by mid-2016, said National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Assistant Director General Rosemarie G. Edillon. At the Kapihan ng Media ng Bayan on Friday, Edillon said more than generating jobs, the quality of employment will help in alleviating poverty. “Our focus is to address underemployment,” she added. The official noted that the Labor Force Survey […]
Manufacturing sector expected to recover in the months, years ahead
MANILA, Dec. 12 — Due to the adverse effects of El Niño and continued weakening of demand from China, the manufacturing sector slightly declined in October 2015, but is expected to recover in the coming months and years ahead, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). In the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries for September 2015, the manufacturing sector’s Volume of Production Index decreased by 1.8 percent while its […]
Ban Ki-moon calls for final push for climate agreement based on ‘global vision’
PARIS, Dec. 12 (PNA/Xinhua) — Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on negotiators and ministers to reach a final outcome the Paris climate talks. “As secretary general of the United Nations, I’m urging the negotiators to make their decision, based on global vision,” he said, adding that “this is not the moment of talking about national perspectives.” “A low-carbon economy will help implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted […]
Linggo Ng Kabataan
Linggo ng Kabataan celebration serves as commemoration of young Filipino heroes who made significance contribution to the development of our country. 2nd Week of December is “Linggo ng Kabataan” Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Ehdmarien Torres
PH economic gains due to good governance
The steady streak of improvements and recognition in the Philippines’ global competitiveness can be attributed to good governance implemented by the Aquino administration, a senior official said Friday. During the Kapihan sa Media ng Bayan held at the Philippine Information Agency, Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said that it was good governance and macroeconomic reforms, which led to the good performance of the government, and then eventually, the Philippines being recognized as the most improved […]
Honduran soccer player Arnold Peralta shot to death in mall parking lot
Honduran soccer player Arnold Peralta was shot to death in a mall parking lot on Thursday (December 10) by unknown assailants as he entered a car, police said, ruling out robbery as a motive in the killing. Peralta, a 26-year-old mid-fielder who played for Honduras’s most popular club Olimpia and who was on the national team, was shot by several men outside a shopping center in the port city of La Ceiba 115 miles (185 […]
PH hosts ASEAN Agri Engineers Conference
Filipino agricultural engineers and their counterparts from South East Asia recently convened in Manila for the third ASEAN Conference on Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ACABE – 3). The Philippines will host this is in conjunction with the 3rd Regional Forum on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and the Pacific (RFSAM-AP) and the 11th Session of the Technical Committee of the Center for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM). Guided by the theme “Human Resource Development for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization,” […]
As world leaders discuss carbon-free future, Chinese coal towns face crisis
As negotiators in Paris creep closer to a deal on moving the world towards a low-carbon energy system, Chinese coal towns, already hit by a slide in prices, are facing a crisis. In Jixi, a coal town less than 20 miles from the Russian border, mines lie abandoned and workers say they haven’t been paid for months. “Coal these days is not doing well, it’s all going down, the price is really low, workers’ salaries […]
Online renewal at application ng business permits, magsisimula sa 2016
Magandang balita para sa mga negosyante sa Roxas City, simula kasi sa 2016, maaari ng gawin sa online and renewal at application ng mayor’s at business permits. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Nathaniel Flores)
Barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Atimonan, Quezon, pinasinayaan na
Isang bagong barangay chapel ang muling pinasinayaan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa bvarangay San Andres Labak, Atimonan, Quezon. Ang nasabing pagpapasinaya ay pinangasiwaan ng district minister ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Quezon East, ang kapatid na Benjie Estacio. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Jun Canlas)
