Japan to bar foreigners from S. Korea’s Daegu

February 26, 2020

Tokyo–Japan will ban entry to foreigners who have been to the city of Daegu and the county of Cheongdo in South Korea amid the spread of the coronavirus there, informed sources said Wednesday. The Japanese government will make a formal

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Abe seeks to cancel, postpone large-scale events

February 26, 2020

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday requested that large-scale sports and cultural events be canceled, postponed or scaled back in the next two weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus. “The next one to two weeks will be very

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Mountain Province’s “Lang-ay” festival cancelled

February 26, 2020

BAGUIO CITY  – Organizers of the “Lang-ay” Festival in Mountain Province has decided to cancel the festival, still citing the threat of COVID 19. “Lang-ay”, which means “coming together as a community” is on its 16th year staging. A meeting and

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BI deports second batch of Japs wanted for telco fraud

February 26, 2020

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the deportation of another nine Japanese nationals who were part of a syndicate arrested by the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) in November last year for their involvement in a telecommunications fraud scandal. BI

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Police officer commits suicide: NCRPO

February 26, 2020

A police officer on Tuesday committed suicide in Pasig City, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). The NCRPO said the cop was Police Master Sergeant Roberto Defeliz, 53, and assigned at Eastern Police District Explosive and Ordnance

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PNP laments digital vandalism by artists group on Camp Crame wall

February 26, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) lamented the digital vandalism made by an artists group on the walls of Camp Crame a day before the 34th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. In a statement sent to reporters last Tuesday

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DFA brings home 445 Filipinos from MV Diamond Princess

February 26, 2020

A  total of 445 Filipinos aboard MV Diamond Princess cruise ship were brought home Wedmesday by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) onboard two Philippine Airlines (PAL) chartered flights from Haneda Airport in Japan. Following the directives of President Rodrigo

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First batch of Filipino cruise ship passengers arrive in Clark

February 26, 2020

The first batch of 311 Filipinos from the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off Yokohama arrived at 10:15 pm at Clark, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a Viber message on Tuesday. The chartered Philippine Airlines plane landed

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