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AQUINO URGES GLOBAL RESEARCHERS TO REMAIN IN PURSUIT OF MORE KNOWLEDGE
Wednesday 19th of June 2013
QUEZON CITY, June 19 (PIA)--President Benigno S. Aquino III urges the more than 400 local and foreign participants in the Global Development Network (GDN) 14th Annual Conference to remain in pursuit of more knowledge.
Aquino was the keynote speaker during opening ceremony of the GDN conference themed “Inequality, Social Protection and Inclusive Growth” which runs from June 19-21 2013, is being held at the ADB Headquarters and is organized in partnership with the Asian development Bank(ADB), the East Asian Development Network (EADN), and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
Aquino said that the global flux has broug...
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11Jul2012MANILA, July 11 (PIA) -- Philippine Coast Guard Chief Vice Admiral Edmund Tan recently asked bishops for prayers for the peaceful resolution on the disputed Scarborough or Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Tan asked this at the briefing of members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) about the contested area held Sunday, July 8, during the CBCP’s plenary assembly at the Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila. During the meeting, bishops were g...
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06Jul2012MANILA, July 6 (PIA) -- Filipino students are invited to join the 3rd International Conference on Filipino as global language to be held at the CSB International Conference Center, Estrada cor. Arellano St., Manila on August 3-5, 2012. The conference is sponsored by Global Consortium for the Advancement of Filipino Language and Culture (GLOCAFIL) and Pambansang Samahan sa Linggwistika at Literaturang Filipino (PSLLF), in coordination with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) ...
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27Jun2012SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 27 (PIA) –Si Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III mohatag sa iyang panguna nga mensahe atol sa tigum sa mga public administration ug governance practitioners didto sa EDSA Shangri-La Hotel sa Mandaluyong City karong adlawa Miyerkules Hunyo 27. Ang International Conference on Public Administration and Governance ipahigayon isip paghandum sa 60th Founding Anniversary sa University of the Philippine- National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG. Ang tema sa ...
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25Jun2012MANILA, June 25 (PIA) -- Good news to parishioners of Quiapo Church. The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) recently launched its Ministry for Legal Assistance Office to provide free legal services to underprivileged parishioners. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the said launching was done during the birthday celebration of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle last June 21. Minor Basilica Rector Msgr. Jose Clemente Ignacio said,...
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21Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- The Butuan City government led by Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. together with other government agencies, Butuan Chamber of Commerce, and stakeholders stepped up preparations for the 21st Mindanao Business Conference slated August 2-4, 2012 to be held at the Almont Hotels’ Inland Resort here. This activity is anchored on the theme, “Invest Mindanao: Towards a More Inclusive, Progressive and Greener Future.” The said activity is in time with the Adlaw Hong Butuan...
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08Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, June 8 (PIA) -- Sixteen maintenance engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional offices nationwide attended the two-day Regional Maintenance Engineer’s Conference hosted by DPWH-R1 on May 17-18, held at the Philippine Ports Authority, Poro Point, this city. Esperanza C. Tinaza, Public Relations Officer II of DPWH R1, said that the conference aimed to refresh the participants on the thrusts of the department, focusing on better qualit...
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07Jun2012TAYTAY, Rizal, June 7 (PIA) -- Business enterprises and other stakeholders from Southern Luzon will converge in Rizal during the 21st South Luzon Area Business Conference (SOLABC) 2012. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Rizal (PCCI), in cooperation with the Provincial Government of Rizal will host the conference with the aim to boost the business industry in Rizal along with its neighboring provinces. The discussion will revolve on the theme, “PCCI Invest 2012: Driving Business ...
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25May2012QUEZON CITY, May 25, (PIA) - - Oplan Balik Eskuwela (OBE) Task Force headed by the Department of Education (DepEd) will hold this year’s OBE Command Conference today (May 25) to ensure the smooth opening of classes on June 4. Prior to today’s command conference, DepEd and the OBE partners conducted the Inter-Agency Convergence Meeting to consolidate efforts initiated by each agency for the school opening and to ensure that each measure undertaken by the convergence partners will be mainta...
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24May2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, May 24 (PIA) -- The local government of Carmona through their Municipal Planning and Development Coordinating Office (MPDCO) recently held a utilization conference on Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) aimed to determine the performance carried out by the local government unit. The event was held at the main clubhouse of the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country in Carmona. At the conference, Mayor Dahlia Loyola presented to the audience the result...
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23May2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 23 (PIA) -- Campus journalists from the Ozamiz City Schools Division (OCSD) were recently declared as champions in the Radio Broadcasting Event of the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) held in Palawan. Richard Pala, Jr., Paulino Ramayarat III, Kimberly Allen Pinar, Mary Grace Tayong, John Andrew Bagafria, Sharen Lynne Roxas and Rikki Mae Egbus, all from the Ozamiz City National High School (OCNHS) won first place in the said event in Filipino, High Sc...
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11May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 11 (PIA) -- The region’s Commission on Population (POPCOM) will play host to the annual five-day national conference of the commission’s administrative officers and executive council. According to Alexander Makinano, POPCOM-Caraga, Technical Services Division chief, the annual gathering of POPCOM officials will be held in Surigao City on May 14 to 18, 2012. Makinano said POPCOM Executive Director Tomas Osias will grace the event which aimed to assess the performance of the...
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09May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 9 (PIA) -- “Where weaving traditions are strong there is a strong sense of community and the function of the women as caretakers of society is linked to their weaving,” said Prof. Felipe de Leon, chairman of the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in his keynote speech at the 1st First Asian IKAT Weavers Conference in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. Blending Culture, Women Empowerment and Enterprise Development was the theme of the ...
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28Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- The Office of Information and Publication of Silliman University (OIP-SU) announced the learning trip of two history professors of SU who participated in the EducationUSA East Asian and Pacific (EAP) Triennial Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March 29 to April 3. OIP Director Mark Raygan Garcia said the professors who take charge of programs that promote study in the United States include Dr. Earl Jude Cleope and Prof. Regan Jomao-as. "The university ...
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25Apr2012
Cebuano News: Mga pangulo sa patigayon sa E. Visayas magtapok sa So. Leyte alang sa trade conference
KUTING BEACH, Macrohon, Southern Leyte, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Mga nag-unang personalidad sa business sector gikan sa unom ka lalawigan ug walo ka siyudad sa rehiyon 8 ang mag-abot alang sa duha ka adlaw -- Abril 25 ug 26 -- dinhing dapita para maghisgut sa mga isyu ug mga butang nga dunay kalabutan sa turismo ug negosyo. Ang panagtapok, opisyal nga gitawag sa iyang ngalan nga Second Eastern Visayas Business Conference, gidumala sa Southern Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI), ug dun... -
22Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 21 (PIA) -- The Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) will be hosting this year’s biggest gathering of people’s organizations (PO) in Mindanao. The MRDP PO Congress will be held on May 11 in Davao City, and coincides with the annual farmers’ month celebration. Around one thousand PO program beneficiaries are expected to attend. MRDP is a poverty-alleviation initiative of the Department of Agriculture (DA) jointly funded by the World Bank, national government, an...
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20Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Abril 20 (PIA) -- Tinuturing ng mga grupo ng manghahabi ng ikat na naging mahalaga ang tulong ng pamahalaang panlalawigan sa katatapos na 1st Asian Ikat Weavers Conference na ginanap sa bayan ng Lake Sebu, sa lalawigan ng South Cotabato noong Abril 17-19. Ang mahigit na 60 nagsilahok mula sa Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, at mga grupo ng mga lumad na nagmula sa Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) at lalawigan ng Bukidnon ay nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makapagpalitan...
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18Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is inviting historians, researchers, social studies and history teachers to participate in the 2012 National Conference on Filipino Historiography. This year’s conference to be held at the University of the Philippines-Baguio Auditorium, Baguio City on April 26 to 28 aims to discuss the traditional and new sources of historical research, as well as the conditions and challenges of research sources at the n...
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17Apr2012MANILA, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Bilang kabahin sa pagduso sang participatory governance kag pagpadaku sang civil society engagement, ang Department of Budget and Management (DBM) ang magapartisipar sa ika-duha nga Annual Open Government Partnership (OGP) Conference humalin sa Abril 17 asta 18 sa Brasilia, Brazil. Ginpabutyag ni Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad nga ang OGP Conference ang magahatag sa ila sang lugar para makipagbaylo sang mga mayor nga ideya nga magkalampuwas pa sa par...
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01Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) – Malampusong nagasaulog sa ika 25th anibersaryo ang Butuan City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. kon BCCCIFI. Bag-ohay pa lang nanagtagbo ang mga Board of Directors niining nga nasangpit nga hugpong pinangunahan sa sa Executive President niini nga si Joseph Omar O. Andaya ug ang lokal nga panggamhanan sa syudad sa Butuan pinaagi usab sa representasyon ni Executive Assistant Rouel A. Jamili sa City Hall, aron iplastar ang mga angayang tuki-on sa nasa...
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30Mar2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Mar. 30 (PIA) –- About 200 stakeholders of the pangasius industry all over the country will converge in a conference today at Gems Hotel and Conference Center in this city. The conference was organized to serve as venue for stakeholders to access information on business and technology and market opportunities for fresh and processed pangasius fish is hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Pangasi...
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29Mar2012CARMONA, Cavite, March 29 (PIA) -- The Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) conferred several special awards to the local government of Carmona for their commitment in scaling up poverty reduction in their community and other related development projects for their citizens. The awards were given during the recent 8th CBMS National Conference held at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City last March 19-21, 2012. Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator (MPDC) Engi...
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21Mar2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar. 21 (PIA) --About 200 stakeholders of the pangasius industry will converge in a conference on March 30, 2012 at the Gems Hotel and Conference Center in Antipolo City. Hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and Pangasius Philippines, Inc., the conference will be a venue where stakeholders could access information on business and technology, and market opportunities for fresh and processed panga...
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13Mar2012PARAÑAQUE CITY, March 13 (PIA) --The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Parañaque Chapter, headed by President Alex Flores and in cooperation with the City Government of Parañaque, will hold the 6th Parañaque Business Conference on Friday, March 16, 2012. Businessmen from local chambers in the South and nearby cities will converge in the conference dubbed “2012: Boom or Doom?” The much-awaited event will be held at ...
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22Feb2012ROMBLON, Romblon, Feb. 22 (PIA) --- Stakeholders from various sectors participated in the recently-held Philippine International Bio-Energy Conference at the Manila Hotel, which assembled bio-energy industry players from farmer groups, plant producers, investment groups, financing institutions, academe and LGUs among others. The delegates from Romblon were led by Governor Eduardo C. Firmalo, along with the Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO – Romblon) and the technical...
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13Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- Commander-in-Chief and President Benigno S. Aquino III will lead the Philippine National Police' command conference Monday afternoon, February 13 at the PNP Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome will brief the President on the PNP’s ongoing campaign against criminality and also report the downward trend of crime rates as posted in January of this year. Bartolome is optimistic in sustaining a more peacef...
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08Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Peb. 8 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Health o DOH nga nabase dinhi sa Southern Leyte nagpahigayon ug exit conference alang sa Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement AnD Local Service kon RN-HEALS nga proyekto pinaagi sa usa ka presentasyon sa ilang mga nahimo sa tibuok probinsya. Si DOH Representative sa probinsya nga si Dr. Feliciano John Matibag nagtaho nga ang Southern Leyte gigahinan ug dili momenos sa 77 ka registered nurses sa nasudnog proyekto, g...
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07Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) based in Southern Leyte conducted an exit conference for the Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement And Local Service (RN-HEALS) project through presentation of accomplishments at the Salvacion Oppus Yñiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH) conference hall, February 7. DOH Representative to the province, Dr. Feliciano John Matibag disclosed that Southern Leyte was allotted at least 77 regi...
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24Jan2012DAVAO CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- An international conference slated on January 26-27 in the city seeks to study on the implication of mining operations in Mindanao. The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) and the Ateneo de Davao University have set the International Conference on Mining in Mindanao this week at the AdDU campus, this city. AdDU President Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ said the conference intends to update the delegates on and to analyze the current ...
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30Nov2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) - - The Department of Education 9 (DepEd) lauds the support of the Local Government Unit (LGU)of Zamboanga to education sector. “The support of the Zamboanga LGU to DepEd is matchless,” said DepEd9 Assistant Regional Director Habib Adzhar Sarahadil during the opening program of the National Bi-Annual Planning Conference of the Philippine Association of Secondary Education Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs (PASECAC) held here recently. DepEd cited Mayo...
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14Nov2011KORONADAL CITY, Nov 14 (PIA) -- The industry of bamboo and engineered bamboo is taking shape in South Cotabato, with the initiative of the provincial government. In addition to the massive rehabilitation in riparian zones using bamboo as alternative to fruit-bearing and hardwood trees, South Cotabato provincial government and its partners are tapping into the potential of bamboo as an industry. Mary Jane Manlisis, senior environment specialist of the Provincial Environment recently anno...
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18Oct2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 18(PIA) –- President Benigno Aquino III awarded the Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (ZCCIFI) as the Most Outstanding Chamber in Mindanao and Most Outstanding Chamber for Advocacy in the recently concluded 37th Philippine Business Conference (PBC) held in Manila. The PBC was hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, October 11-14. The award was in recognition of the ZCCIFI’s admirable efforts in hastening busine...
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15Sep2011MANILA, Sept. 14 --The Aquino administration is taking steps to ensure that profits generated by mining companies translate into state revenues and that mining benefits trickle down to the general public, Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. said on Wednesday. In a speech at the Mining Philippines 2011 Conference and Exhibition held in Pasay City, Ochoa revealed the country’s intention to apply for compliance status with the London-based Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EI...
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05Apr2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (5 April) -- Chairman Jose A.R. Melo of the Commission of Elections (Comelec) is expected in the city on April 6, 2010, to attend the Joint Regional Command Conference to be held at Pryce Hotel. With Chairman Melo are Police Director Jaime E. Milla, Directorate for Integrated Police Operations (DIPO) in Easter Mindanao, Lt. Gen. Raymundo B. Ferrer, Commanding General of the Eastern Mindanao Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Commissioner Gregorio Y. La...
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