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PGMA calls on automotive industry to push for swift passage of renewable energy bill

MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday urged the automotive industry to push for the swift passage of the renewable energy bill in Congress. Full Story

Main News

PGMA calls on automotive industry to push for swift passage of renewable energy bill
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday urged the automotive industry to push for the swift passage of the renewable energy bill in Congress. Full Story

Gov't shifts focus of peace talks in Mindanao
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday announced the government's "shift" of focus in its negotiation with the seccessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) due to the recent atrocities in Mindanao that killed more than 40 individuals mostly civilians. Full Story

Business

Indon resto to be put up in Davao City
DAVAO CITY, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- The Indonesian Consulate will put up an Indonesian restaurant here by the end of 2008. Full Story

South Korean firm to develop all-weather golf course and resort in Subic
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- Hanafil Golf & Tour, Inc., a South Korean firm recently awarded the development of the golf course in Binictan inside this premier Freeport zone, is in the process of pre-planning and redesigning the entire course into an all-weather golf course. Full Story

Education

DepEd taps SEAMEO to upgrade school heads’ competencies
MANILA, Aug. 21 (PNA) -- To improve the quality and reach of education in the public school system, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus recently tapped Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH) to upgrade the competencies of school principals. Full Story

DepEd principals learn upgraded school management online
MANILA, Aug. 21 (PNA) — Some 1,000 public school principals will be trained by an institution of Southeast Asian education ministers in a continuing program of the Department of Education (DepEd) to upgrade their competence at school management, Secretary Jesli Lapus said Wednesday. Full Story

Health

Solon pushes for microbicides dev't
MANILA, Aug. 21 (PNA) -- A lawmaker is pushing for a legislative measure that seeks for the development of a new technology on microbicides to prevent transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Full Story

DDB taps medical practitioners in its drive vs. illegal drugs
MANILA, Aug. 21 (PNA) -- The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has tapped medical practitioners, pharmacists, and other allied professionals to win fresh drive against illegal drugs in the country. Full Story

Cities And Towns

Anti-MOA forum to be held in southern Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- The municipal government of Bataraza, some 250 kilometers south of this city, will hold a public forum to generate the sentiments of the residents regarding the inclusion of the town in the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity on Friday. Full Story

Puerto Princesa preserving forest, timberland lands
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- Fearing approval of a huge number of applications to convert valuable forest and timberland which they had nurtured and protected from destruction for decades to alienable and disposable land, the Puerto Princesa City Council has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to order a moratorium in processing of these land applications and the issuance of special land use permits. Full Story

Tourism

Airport upgrade supports booming tourism in Coron, northern Palawan towns
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Aug. 22 (PNA) - Palawan officials have expressed optimism that the completion of the P150-million Francisco Reyes airport in Busuanga Island will greatly support the booming tourism industry in Coron, Palawan and rest of the Calamianes Group of Islands. Full Story

DOT invites private sector to join Japan travel fair
MANILA, Aug. 22(PNA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) is inviting hotels, resorts, tour operators, transport services and other stakeholders in the Philippines travel industry to participate in the upcoming JATA World Travel Fair in September in order to tap Japan's growing outbound travel market. Full Story

Inspirational

Albayano high school stude bags international drawing award
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 20 (PNA) – A 17-year-old high school student of Marcial O. Rañola Memorial School (MORMS) in the province of Albay bested it over 1,676 entries around the world in the Shoot Nations 2008 Drawing category held in the United Kingdom. Full Story

Top Palanca plum for fiction, poetry goes to Silliman studes
DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug. 14 (PNA) - Top prizes in the annual Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature went to two alumni of Silliman University in Dumaguete this year. Full Story

Entertainment

NPC accepts TV comedian’s apology
MANILA, Aug. 11 (PNA) -- National Press Club (NPC) president Benny Antiporda sincerely accepted the apology given by popular TV comedian Joey de Leon at the weekly entertainment talk show 'Star Talk' last Saturday afternoon. Full Story

Las Piñas Boys Choir pays a courtesy call on PGMA
MANILA, Aug. 7 (PNA) -- The Las Piñas Boys Choir (LPBC), the gold medal winner in the recently-concluded 5th World Choir Games held in Graz, Austria, paid a courtesy call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang this afternoon. Full Story

Sports

Beijing Olympics: RP's only medal hope, Rivero, goes for the kill
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (PNA)--As the clock was winding down to its last few seconds in the third round, Mary Antoinette Rivero, watching the action on a big Panasonic TV set inside the athletes’ quarters, shook her head and felt the pain of seeing a dear teammate lose in a taekwondo match. Full Story

RP's Wang ranks First in wushu at the Beijing Olympics
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- Former world champion Willy Wang ranked first with one round to go in the 29th Olympic Games wushu competitions at the Olympic Sports Center. Full Story

A modern sports facility is Davao City’s big dream
DAVAO CITY, Aug. 7 (PNA) - Davaoenos, especially those living in this mammoth metropolis 540 air miles south of Manila, has never stopped dreaming and hoping that someday a modern sports facility can be built for the young generation. Full Story

The Ilonggo writer’s way of giving
ILOILO CITY, Aug 4 (PNA Feature) -- The latest calamity in this island brought the goodness in people and one of those is an Ilonggo-writer and his family. Full Story

PGMA keynotes 2nd Philippine International Motor Show on Thursday
MANILA, Aug. 21 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be the keynote speaker of the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) set to open on Thursday and will run until the 24th at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Full Story

Training on strengthening of local councils for protection of children kicks off
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 7 (PNA)-– A three-day seminar aimed at strengthening of local councils for the protection of children organized by the city government here and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) kicked off Wednesday at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. Full Story

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