WHO asking Filipinos to be rational as local transmission of COVID-19 is reported

March 8, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking Filipinos to remain rational in facing the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) following a report of the first local transmission Saturday.  WHO Representative to the Philippines Rabindra Abeyasinghe said: ”We urge you

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Año orders police and barangays to arrest thugs who throw stones at PNR trains

March 8, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) and barangay officials to monitor the Philippine National Railways (PNR) tracks and arrest thugs who will cause damage to the trains. He made the ordered following the deployment of brand

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Año urges task force on COVID-19 to stop spread of local transmission

March 8, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday urged the Local COVID-19 Task Force of NCR to work double-time to ensure further spread of the virus will be halted after the Department of Health ( DOH) confirmed the presence of local transmission.

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Public Advisory: On the temporary suspension of travel to Kuwait

March 8, 2020

The Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine Embassies in Abu Dhabi and Doha as well as the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, received reports of transiting Filipinos enroute to Kuwait who might be stranded in airports in UAE and

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PH Government Successfully Brings Home 163 Stranded Filipinos in Macau

March 8, 2020

A total of 163 Filipinos who were stranded in Macau following the cancellation of commercial flights as a result of COVID-19 restrictions arrived in Manila this afternoon. 130 overseas Filipinos, consisting of workers, tourists, minors, senior citizens, plus five infants

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Zamora orders temporary closure of Greenhills prayer hall where COVID-19 patient used to go

March 6, 2020

San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora on Friday ordered authorities to ” immediately disinfect, sanitize and close to the public temporarily”a prayer room at Greenhills frequently visited by a man who tested positive for the coronavirus disease ( COVID-19). The man,

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PSE index ends lower after three-day gain

March 6, 2020

The main Philippine share index ended lower after three days of gains on Friday. The peso settled at P50.64 against the US dollar from P50.585 on Thursday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines

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PN mission to Middle East shows improving capabiliity: spokesman

March 6, 2020

The Philippine Navy’s (PN) deployment in the Middle East shows improving capability, its spokesman said on Friday. Lt. Commander Maria Christina Roxas said the Philippine Navy does not consider its mission in Middle East a failure as overseas Filipino workers

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