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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ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020

February 8, 2020

Figure Skating -ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020-Men’s Short Program-Wakiki Mokdong Ice Rink, Seoul, South Korea-February 7, 2020 Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu in action (REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji) Jiji Press

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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2018 Philippine flow of funds show growth in saving and real investments : BSP 

February 8, 2020

In 2018, the Philippines generated a gross saving of P4,232.3 billion, 9.5 percent higher than the previous year, despite trade tensions among the world’s major economies, surging crude oil prices, rising consumer prices in the country, and a weakening peso.

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Duterte orders DFA to send US notice to terminate VFA

February 7, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to send to the United States the formal notice terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Friday that Duterte told him that he would be instructing Executive Secretary

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