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Inflation rises to 2.9%, highest since June 2019: PSA

February 5, 2020

Inflation rose to an eight-month high of 2.9 percent due to higher transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority ( PSA) said Wednesday. ”This is the highest inflation recorded since June 2019, in which the inflation was posted at 2.7 percent,” the

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CIDG receives initial list of plane passengers where two Chinese who had nCoV were onboard

February 5, 2020

The Philippine National Police- Criminal investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Wednesday said they received the initial list of passengers on flights where the two Chinese who later tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus were also onboard. In an

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DOH reports Chinese woman is third case of novel coronavirus

February 5, 2020

The Department of Health ( DOH) on Wednesday confirmed a Chinese woman was the third case of 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease in the country. The 60-year-old woman was initially tested negative when she was admitted to a private

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Armed men abduct doctor in Sulu

February 5, 2020

A doctor was abducted by armed men in Sulu on Tuesday, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Maj. Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman, said Daniel Moreno was in his clinic in Barangay Walled

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DA pays P900m for culled hogs in Davao Occidental

February 5, 2020

The Department of Agriculture has paid P900 million to the hog raisers in Davao Occidental after their animals were culled following the spread of African swine fever in the province. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Wednesday Agriculture Secretary William Dar

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DILG directs police to assist DOH in tracing passengers of plane which had two coronavirus patients

February 5, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday said they directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist the Department of Health (DOH) in tracing passengers who also took the same flights with the two persons who

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Duterte OKs AFP, PNP housing units to be used by Taal-displaced families

February 5, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the request of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development ( DHSUD)  to provide the housing units supposedly for the military and police to the families displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano. In

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First batch of Filipinos from China to arrive Saturday, undergo quarantine in Fort Magsaysay

February 5, 2020

The first batch of Filipinos from China are set to arrive on Saturday in Clark, Pampanga and they would be brought directly to Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija for quarantine to ensure that the deadly novel coronavirus would not spread

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