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30 Filipino repatriates from n-Cov-hit Wuhan City, Hubei province return home, quarantine

February 9, 2020

Thirty Filipinos, including an infant, returned to the Philippines from Wuhan City, Hubei province on board a government-chartered plane Sunday morning and were brought to a building inside the Athlete’s Village in New Clark City (NCC), Capas, Tarlac province. They

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Coast Guard Seals Off Taal Volcano Island

February 1, 2020

Manila Shimbun TV joined the Philippine Coast Guard in laying down the first of 49 orange-colored bouys around Taal lake which will mark the 7-kilometer permanent danger zone from Taal Volcano. The government has declared it will relocate about 6,000

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DOH chief confirms 1st case of Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus in PH

January 31, 2020

Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque confirmed Thursday the first case of the Wuhan 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the Philippines. He said a specimen taken from a sick 38-year old Chinese national was found positive of the virus when tested at

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Taal Volcano island: 10 days after eruption

January 25, 2020

Ten days after Taal volcano erupted, authorities ferried journalists on board helicopters to allow them to record the situation on the island-crater. < The eruption has turned the island into a wasteland although the remains of a once-thriving community remain

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Aftermath 2: Taal Volcano island a wasteland; total lockdown in high-risk areas enforced

January 24, 2020

The government’s task force Taal flew journalists over Taal Volcano island by helicopter last Jan. 21, 2020 as part of its efforts to provide the people information of the status of the volcano which erupted on Jan. 12, 2020, forcing

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Aftermath: Taal Volcano eruption

January 14, 2020

A Manila Shimbun team went to the lakeshore town of Talisay, Batangas at dawn of January 13, hours after the eruption of Taal Volcano on Jan. 12, 2020. The government ordered the total evacuation of volcano island and towns within

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Statement of Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. after the PH-Japan bilateral meeting.

January 10, 2020

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he had candid exchanges with his counterpart, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu on issues such as the rule of law in the maritime commons and the situation in the West Philippine Sea (South

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Statement of Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu after PH-Japan bilateral meeting

January 10, 2020

Full statement of Japanese foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu after the bilateral meeting with his Philippine counterpart, Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr, at the Makati Shangrila Hotel in Makati on January 9, 2020. In his statement, Motegi pointed out the strategic

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