Second flight evacuating Japanese from Wuhan returns to Tokyo
January 30, 2020
Tokyo–The second chartered flight sent to Wuhan by the Japanese government returned to Tokyo on Thursday morning, evacuating 210 Japanese nationals from the epicenter of China’s coronavirus crisis. The plane arrived at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda, carrying the 210
Japan confirms tour bus guide’s infection with China coronavirus
January 30, 2020
Tokyo–A tour bus guide in her 40s, a resident in the western Japan city of Osaka, has been confirmed to have pneumonia from the new coronavirus spreading from China, Japanese authorities, including the health ministry, said Wednesday. The guide had
Probe into Shuri Castle fire ends without identifying cause
January 30, 2020
Naha, Okinawa Pref.–Police have ended their investigation into last autumn’s fire that devastated Shuri Castle in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, without identifying the cause. The fire was not caused by arson, negligence or other
Five Japanese returnees test negative for Wuhan coronavirus
January 30, 2020
Tokyo–Five of the 206 Japanese nationals brought back on a government-chartered plane from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of pneumonia blamed on a new strain of coronavirus, have tested negative for the virus, it was
Ano orders PNP to look into alleged prostitution in POGO centers
January 30, 2020
Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday said he gave instructions to the Philippine National Police to look into alleged prostitution activities in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry. This after Senator Risa Hontiveros, chairman of the
Office of the President yet to release details on Duterte’s order stopping Cabinet members from going to US
January 30, 2020
Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday said the Office of the President has yet to release details of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order not allowing his Cabinet members to go to the United States. “I’m sure the Office of the President
Two students from Mindanao’s conflict-affected area win first JICA video blog contest
January 30, 2020
The Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) first video blog contest for young people in the Philippines attracted students from different universities and young professionals sharing their views on the value of JICA and the Philippine relations in their lives. Filipino
41 Bicolano third-year college students qualify as DOST – JLSS Scholars
January 30, 2020
Three hundred ninety-six third year college students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees across the country qualify for the Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) of the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI). The
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