PGMA opens newly-built police precinct in Guagua
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
GUAGUA, Pampanga, Sept. 25 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today inaugurated the newly-completed police community assistance center here that will address the concerns of residents of nine barangays in this municipality.
UK immigration to tighten migrant workers rules
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — The United Kingdom immigration agency will soon conduct a crackdown on thousands of caregivers employed with irregular status, a move that would, at least, affect 10,000 overseas Filipino workers, an expert said.
'Ondoy' intensifies into storm; 4 provinces placed under Signal No. 2
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — Tropical depression "Ondoy" intensified into a storm Friday afternoon, prompting authorities to place four provinces under storm warning Signal No. 2.
Palace cites gains from PGMA's trips, economy
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — Press Secretary Cerge Remonde today described the gains from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s recent global engagements and the rise of the balance of payments surplus in the first six months as the “green shoots from which the verdant landscape of economic recovery will eventually sprout.”
VFA review in hands of Commission – Palace
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — Malacañang is leaving the review of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in the hands of the VFA Commission headed by former Commodore Edilberto Adan.
House survey informal, purely personal, Palace says
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — Malacañang today dismissed as “purely informal and personal” the recent survey conducted at the House of Representatives showing that congressmen prefer Senator Noynoy Aquino to Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.
(Metro News) PGMA launches ‘Switch to CFL’ program in Tondo Saturday
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 25 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will formally launch Saturday (Sept. 26) the “Switch to CFL” program in Tondo, Manila.
More children missing schools in Central Mindanao due to wars: study‏
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Sept. 25 – Four out of 10 children and youth aged three to 25 in Central Mindanao are missing schools due to armed conflict, according to E-Net Philippines, a non-government organization based here.
Performance management system installed at Pampanga provincial capitol
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Sept. 25 – The provincial government has installed a new Performance Evaluation System (PMS/OPES) in an effort to improve the efficiency of its offices and employees.
Guide in cahoots with kidnappers nabbed in Zambo Sibugay
September 25, 2009 9:41 am· Comments Off
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 25 – Combined police and militia forces have arrested a man who was suspected to be in cahoots with kidnappers in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, a police official here said.