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Rio quits as DICT undersecretary

February 3, 2020

Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. has submitted his resignation to President Rodrigo Duterte. “Yes, I have submitted my resignation to the President,” Rio said in a text message. He said his resignation would take effect

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House wants contingency plan to cushion impact of nCoV on tourism

February 3, 2020

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has called on the House Committee on Tourism and House Committee on Economic Affairs to start working with the Department of Tourism (DOT) to assess the short- and medium-term effects the 2019 novel corona virus

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Gordon, other senators press NGCP for China hand in running the corporation

February 3, 2020

Senator Richard Gordon probed on Chinese-owned State Grid Corp.’s control over management of the country’s lone power transmission during the hearing on the operations of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday. Gordon, together with Senator Sherwin

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Prix de Lausanne

February 3, 2020

Japan’s Ariel Daley performs on stage on the first day of the 48th Prix de Lausanne at the 2m2c Montreux Music and Convention Centre, in Montreux, Switzerland, 03 February 2020. Launched in 1973, the Prix de Lausanne is an international

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New Navy chief enumerates plans

February 3, 2020

The new Flag Officer-in-Command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy vows to  develop its system to ensure that the modernization effort of the organization will not go to waste. In his speech as he assumed as the 38th FOIC of the

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Late travel ban only half the fight vs novel coronavirus: Imee

February 3, 2020

Senator Imee Marcos said Monday the government must move on from a belated travel ban and think up more comprehensive measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Government directives must now cover social interaction beyond

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Japan art: Hokusai

February 3, 2020

An elderly man walks past a poster promoting the ‘Hokusai – The teacher-student showdown!’ exhibition at the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo, Japan, 03 February 2020. The exhibition presents a collection of artworks by the famous ukiyo-e artist and his

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Japan refuses entry of 8 foreigners over coronavirus

February 3, 2020

Tokyo–Japan had refused the entry of eight foreign nationals by Sunday, in line with a new measure to strengthen immigration controls amid the spread of a new coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. Under the measure introduced Saturday,

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