The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Decision on fate of Tokyo Olympics seen by late May: IOC member

February 26, 2020

New York/Tokyo–An International Olympic Committee member has suggested that a decision will be made by late May on whether the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer will be held as scheduled or canceled amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, U.S. media

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4th Person from virus-hit cruise ship dies

February 26, 2020

Tokyo–A former Japanese passenger in his 80s of the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship died of pneumonia Tuesday, Japan’s health ministry said. This is the fourth death among those who were on the British-flagged ship, quarantined for the virus at

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Grab Philippines asks LTFRB to maximize 65,000 TNVS slots

February 26, 2020

Grab Philippines on Wednesday urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory (LTFRB) to maximize the 65,000 transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) slots due to a slump in the number of active drivers. “Our main goal of urging the LTFRB to

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11 New COVID-19 cases confirmed in Japan

February 26, 2020

Tokyo–Eleven new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in Japan on Tuesday, including the first case for the central prefecture of Nagano. According to the Nagano prefectural government, a company executive in his 60s has been confirmed to

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COVID-19 outbreak affecting rollout of DITO cell towers

February 26, 2020

The outbreak of  the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in China has affected rollout of cellular towers of DITO Telecommunity Corp., its executives said Wednesday.  “Hubei province of China is one of the manufacturing hubs of China. The impact on our

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PCG inspects two new H-145 twin engine copters

February 26, 2020

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Admiral Joel Garcia inspected the two newly-acquired H-145 light twin engine helicopters at their headquarters in Manila on Wednesday. Commodore Armand Balilo, PCG spokesman, said after the inspection Garcia joined the maiden flight of one

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Palace thanks Japan for help given to Filipino repatriates

February 26, 2020

Malacanang expressed gratitude on Wednesday to the Japanese government for helping the Filipino repatriates who boarded M/V Diamond Princess that docked in Yokohama. “We thank the Japanese government for the assistance they gave to our countrymen and their close cooperation

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Senate gives green light to Philippine High School for Sports

February 26, 2020

The most universally understood language is not English. Nor is it French or Chinese. Rather, it is sports, said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture. Sports is the international lingua franca of competition, cooperation

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