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Australian Open Grand Slam

February 2, 2020

Shingo Kunieda of Japan reacts after winning his Men’s Wheelchair Singles final match against Gordon Reid of Britain at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 02 February 2020. (EPA / ROMAN PILIPEY) Jiji Press

Japan to send 4th evacuation flight to Wuhan later this week

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese government is expected to send a fourth chartered flight in the middle of this week or later to evacuate Japanese citizens still in China’s Hubei Province, which includes Wuhan at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, the Foreign

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Caballo Island, Fort Magsaysay eyed as quarantine sites for repatriated Filipinos from China

February 2, 2020

The government is eyeing Caballo Island and Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija as possible quarantine sites for the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who will be repatriated from China amid the spread of novel coronavirus. “The Department of Health (DOH) is

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Skyway Stage 3 portion collapses due to fire

February 2, 2020

A portion of San Miguel’s Skyway Stage 3 project collapsed on Saturday when a fire razed a warehouse for plastic containers in Pandacan, Manila. According to a report from Manila Fire Deputy Fire Marshal Fire Superintendent Roberto Samillano Junior, a

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Coronavirus countermeasures may have reduced flu patients in Japan

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–Efforts to prevent exposure to a new coronavirus may have contributed to containing the spread of influenza in Japan this year, some experts say. The estimated number of flu patients in the country in the fourth week of the year

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New Navy chief Bacordo to assume post Monday

February 2, 2020

Rear Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo is set to assume the post of Flag Officer-in-Command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy in the change of command ceremony in Manila on Monday to be attended by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, the

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Philippines bans entry of foreigners from China, its SARs

February 2, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered temporary ban of visitors from mainland China and its Special Administrative Regions amid developing cases of novel coronavirus in the country. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of global emergency due to the Novel

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Virus casting shadow on Xi’s planned visit to Japan

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–The spread of a new coronavirus may affect a state visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, expected to take place in early April, as it is uncertain when the outbreak will end. At a parliamentary meeting on Thursday,

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