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TOKYO REPORT: Quantity coffee output to begin in Kagoshima

February 26, 2020

Tokyo–A project is well under way to produce premium coffee from beans grown on Tokunoshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on a commercial basis. The project was launched in June 2017 by beverage maker Ajinomoto AGF Inc., major trading house

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Another coronavirus death reported in Japan

February 26, 2020

Sapporo–COVID-19 coronavirus infection has been confirmed for an elderly person who died on Tuesday in the northern Japan city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, prefectural Governor Naomichi Suzuki said Wednesday. It was the first fatal COVID-19 case in Hokkaido and the second

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Delivery of PN frigates from South Korea ”still a go” despite coronavirus: Lorenzana

February 26, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assures that the temporary travel ban to South Korea because of the coronavirus will not affect the scheduled delivery of the Philippine Navy frigate this year. “I don’t see any reason for delay. The Philippine Navy

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LGUs should curb prostitution, trafficiking in their areas: NCRPO

February 26, 2020

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday said local government units (LGUs) should be curbing prostitution and human trafficking in their areas. In a TV interview, Police Major General Debold Sinas said LGUs should keep an eye on

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NCRPO to speed up holding cultural sensitivity seminars for cops

February 26, 2020

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday said they will fasttrack  holding cultural sensitivity seminars to their personnel following the issue of alleged “profiling” of Muslim students. In a TV interview, Police Major General Debold Sinas said since

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Palace shrugs off De Lima’s list of “persecutors” submitted to US for possible ban inclusion

February 26, 2020

Malacanang shrugged off on Wednesday opposition Senator Leila de Lima’s list of her supposed “persecutors” which she submitted to the United States for its possible inclusion in the ban. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said any country

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Duterte designates NBI officer-in-charge

February 26, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Eric Bito-on Distor as an officer-in-charge of the National Bureau of Investigation. In a memorandum to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra dated February 21, a copy of which was released only on Wednesday, Executive Secretary Salvador

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PH bars Filipino tourists from visiting S. Korea amid COVID-19 cases; bans travelers from North Gyeongsang

February 26, 2020

The Philippine government has barred Filipino tourists from visiting South Korea amid ncreasing cases of coronavirus disease in the East Asian country. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious

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