DOH considering to recommend wider travel restrictions for people coming from China

January 31, 2020

The Department of Health (DOH) said it is considering to recommend wider travel restriction for people coming from China to minimize the treat of the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV).  Following the confirmation of the country’s first case of nCoV on

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Japan sets rules on preventive culling over ASF

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–A Japanese farm ministry panel on Friday approved a plan to allow preventive culling of healthy pigs within 3 kilometers of confirmed infections with African swine fever. The measure will be included in ministry guidelines under the revised law on

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Actress Erika Sawajiri pleads guilty to drug charges

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–Japanese actress Erika Sawajiri pleaded guilty at the beginning of her trial on a high-profile drug case at Tokyo District Court on Friday, after over 2,000 people lined up for only 19 gallery seats. The prosecution sought a jail term

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Japan to inspect bus firms handling tourists from Wuhan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese tourism ministry will inspect operators of buses used for tourists to Japan from Wuhan in response to an epidemic of a new coronavirus spreading mainly in the Chinese city, minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said Friday. The ministry will search

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Malacañang tours indefinitely halted due to nCoV

January 31, 2020

The Presidential Security Group (PSG) has recommended the indefinite suspension of tours at Malacañang Museum as part of the pre-emptive measure amid the threat of the novel coronavirus. PSG chief Brig. Gen. Jose Eriel Niembra also ordered the presidential guards

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Alleged NPA killed in Mindoro Oriental encounter

January 31, 2020

An alleged member of New People’s Army ( NPA) was killed while a soldier was wounded in an encounter in Oriental Mindoro on Friday morning, a regional police spokesman said Friday. In a report, Police Lt. Col  Imelda Tolentino said

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Only two of 34 Japanese arrested last Nov undergoing deportation process: BI

January 31, 2020

Only two of the 36 Japanese suspects arrested last November 2019 are still undergoing deportation process, according to a Bureau of Immigration official on Friday. In a viber message to The Daily Manila Shimbun, Immigration spokesperson Dana Krizzia Sandoval said

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Palace warns PNP to raid stores hoarding masks

January 31, 2020

Malacanang warned on Friday that the Philippine National Police will raid stores engaged in hoarding face masks amid the strong demand for the product due to the entry of novel coronavirus in the country. There were reports that there was

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