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Duterte hasn’t ordered Locsin to notify US on ending VFA: Lorenzana

February 8, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Saturday denied reports that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr to notify the United States about the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).  “This is fake news. (Department of Foreign Affairs)

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DFA monitoring Filipino said positive for nCov in UAE

February 8, 2020

A Filipino and a Chinese tested positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 nCoV ARD) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), news reports said Saturday. The  Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Embassy in Abu

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Authorities recover five escapees from Negros jail

February 8, 2020

Five detainees who escaped from the Manjuyod District Jail in Negros Oriental last Monday were recovered by authorities. Two surrendered on Friday while three were recaptured by authorities on Saturday. the Central Visayas Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)

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NDRRMC to support task force in fight vs novel coronavirus

February 8, 2020

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), in an emergency council meeting on Friday, expressed its support to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). NDRRMC chairperseon and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ordered all

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DILG allays fears repatriated Filipinos from Wuhan are not positive for new coronavirus

February 8, 2020

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Saturday clarified that repatriated Filipinos from Wuhan who will be quarantined in New Clark City are not positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). DILG Undersecretary for

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10 police officers from NCRPO relieved due to inaction on illegal gambling

February 8, 2020

Ten National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) officers were relieved from their posts due to inaction on illegal gambling.  Acting NCRPO Regional Director Major General Debold Sinas on Friday said these were chiefs of police, seven commanders and an officer-in-chatrge

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September 2019 HIV cases reach 1,038: DOH

February 8, 2020

More than 1,000 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases have been recorded during September, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Based on the September 2019 HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines, there were 1,038 new HIV cases, surpassing 954 recorded

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DFA-DOH team leaving Saturday night to assist Filipinos leaving Wuhan

February 8, 2020

A team from the Department of Foreign Affairs ( DFA) is scheduled to fly Saturday night from Clark to Wuhan City to assist Filipinos to be repatriated from the epicenter of the 2019-nCoV ARD with medical personnel from the Department

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