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Abe regrets two returnees’ refusal of virus tests

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that it is “very regrettable” that two Japanese returnees from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, refused to have virus tests. Officials “tried for a long time” to persuade them to accept virus

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Palace expects Cabinet members not to undertake family trips as well to US

January 30, 2020

Malacanang said on Thursday that the Cabinet members are expected not to undertake personal or family trips to the United States as well. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his Cabinet secretaries not to

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Palace asks public not to panic after first confirmed case of nCoV

January 30, 2020

Malacanang urged on Thursday the public to remain calm following the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus in the country. The Department of Health confirmed that a 38-year old female Chinese patient under investigation was positive for the nCoV after

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Military must make its position clear amid Duterte’s order to terminate VFA, expert says

January 30, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has to make clear its position with President Rodrigo Duterte even in closed doors regarding his decision to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, an international expert said on Thursday.

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PSE index ends at 13-month low

January 30, 2020

The main Philippine share index ended at a 13-month low lower on Thursday. The peso settled at P50.83 against the US dollar from P50.75. Volume at the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $884.55 million from $778.1 million on the

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PNP waits for word from DOH if they will be asked to find persons suspected to have virus

January 30, 2020

After confirmation that a Chinese tourist was found positive of 2019 NCov, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said all their units are on standby once the Department of Health (DOH) release their guidelines. “The PNP will assist the

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Two alleged NPAs killed in encounter with military in Sarangani

January 30, 2020

Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members were killed in an encounter lasting more than an hour with government troops in Sarangani province on Wednesday morning. Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said  troops of 73rd

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DOF probing another “onerous” contract involving leased property

January 30, 2020

The Department of Finance ( DOF) is looking into another alleged onerous contract involving a government leased property. In a forum with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in Makati Ciy on Thursday, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said

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