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According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, the palace is convinced that Meralco’s generation charge this April is reasonable and based on the reports made by Department of Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla, such increase is based on market-driven pricing.
According to the PAGASA, “Domeng” weakens and once again becomes a low-pressure area located in Surigao del Sur, bringing rains in the areas of Caraga region. Davao, eastern Visayas and Misamis Oriental.
(Reuters) – The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed on Thursday with a renewed sense of optimism, after Australian officials said they had detected two new “ping” signals that may have come from the plane’s black box recorders. The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared more than a month ago, has sparked the most expensive search and rescue operation in aviation history, but concrete information has proven frustratingly illusive. The announcement […]
According to Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, Malacañang is asking mayors of Metro Manila to help alleviate the problems faced by commuters using the mass railway transit, after learning from the Senate hearing that new coaches for MRT and LRT will arrive on 2015.
According to the Department of Labor and Employment, labor officials involved in the “sex for flight” scheme are still suspended.
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old student wielding two knives went on a stabbing rampage in the hallways of a Pittsburgh-area high school on Wednesday, wounding 22 people before he was tackled by an assistant principal, officials said. The attacker moved furtively through Franklin Regional High School halls, stabbing his victims in the torso and slashing their arms and faces, students and officials said. Some of the injured taken to nearby hospitals were in critical condition, doctors […]
Due to low demand, there is an over-supply of cabbage which caused an extreme dropping o the price of said vegetable, with one kilo selling for 1 peso in La Trinidad.
The government takes action to ensure that the country has ample supply of electricity, in the wake of the shutdown of 12 power plants with combined output of 2,200 megawatts of electricity. According to Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, government-owned Malaya I plant will be fully operational in two weeks. The government is also taking measures to avoid electricity price hike this summer with the Department of Energy conducting daily price monitoring to curtail possible abuse.
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK Wed Apr 9, 2014 5:54pm EDT (Reuters) – Two months ago, Piyavadee Boonmak was living comfortably at home. But she quit her job as a civil servant and now works as a volunteer cleaning toilets at Lumpini Park, the new focal point of anti-government protests in the Thai capital. Piyavadee now lives in a khaki tent in the central Bangkok park, once a haven for joggers but now a temporary […]
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK Wed Apr 9, 2014 4:55pm EDT (Reuters) – Global equity markets advanced and the dollar retreated on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting suggested the U.S. central bank may not raise interest rates anytime soon. Stocks on Wall Street jumped more than 1 percent and prices of U.S. government debt fell following release of the minutes from the Fed’s March 18-19 meeting. Fed policymakers were unanimous […]
(Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday (April 9) it would recall 6.39 million vehicles globally for faults affecting various parts ranging from steering to seats in the company’s second-largest recall to date. The world’s biggest automaker said it was not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the glitches, which were found in 27 Toyota models including the RAV4 SUV and Yaris subcompact. Toyota said faults were also found in the Pontiac Vibe and the Subaru Trezia, two models the automaker built for General Motors […]
MANILA, April 9 (PNA) — Having witnessed the horrors and brutality of war, 91-year-old World War II veteran Ricardo Madayag said the country is using the right approach in dealing with China regarding the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea. He said the Philippine government effort to settle the territorial row via the United Nations arbitral tribunal is the right approach to such matters. “(The use of) might in settling such matters is no […]
