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BI to implement expansion of travel ban

February 2, 2020

MANILA, Philippines—Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced that he has ordered the implementation of the expanded travel ban for foreigners coming from China and its Special Administrative Regions. “We have immediately implemented the expanded travel ban, hence all

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3 NPA members killed in military encounter in Sultan Kudarat

February 2, 2020

Three alleged members of New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with government forces in Sultan Kudarat on Friday night. Major Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said the troops of 37th

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Chinese man dies of coronavirus in Philippines, first death outside of China

February 2, 2020

A 44-year-old Chinese man died in a government hospital in Manila, the first novel coronavirus-related death outside China, the Department of Health said on Sunday. In a press conference, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the deceased patient was the

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Caballo Island, Fort Magsaysay eyed as quarantine sites for repatriated Filipinos from China

February 2, 2020

The government is eyeing Caballo Island and Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija as possible quarantine sites for the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who will be repatriated from China amid the spread of novel coronavirus. “The Department of Health (DOH) is

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Skyway Stage 3 portion collapses due to fire

February 2, 2020

A portion of San Miguel’s Skyway Stage 3 project collapsed on Saturday when a fire razed a warehouse for plastic containers in Pandacan, Manila. According to a report from Manila Fire Deputy Fire Marshal Fire Superintendent Roberto Samillano Junior, a

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Philippines bans entry of foreigners from China, its SARs

February 2, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered temporary ban of visitors from mainland China and its Special Administrative Regions amid developing cases of novel coronavirus in the country. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of global emergency due to the Novel

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Filipino-Chinese businessmen to donate at least 600,000 face masks: envoy

January 31, 2020

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Friday said a group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen will donate over  half a million face masks to the public following confirmation by the Department of Health of the first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).

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Duterte orders ban of Chinese from Hubei, other places in China affected by nCoV

January 31, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a travel ban of Chinese nationals coming from Hubei province and other areas in China with cases of deadly novel coronavirus, Malacanang said on Friday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte reached a decision after

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