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Philippines, Korea exchange documents on $50m loan for ‘Build, Build, Build’ preparatory works

January 28, 2020

South Korea will provide the Philippines a $50-million loan to fund the feasibility studies and other project preparation activities necessary to speed up the implementation of the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure projects under an agreement signed between the

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NCRPO waiting for Gamboa OK if they can pull out men from Batangas

January 28, 2020

The regional director of the National Capital Region Police Office ( NCRPO) on Tuesday said they are waiting if Police Lieutenant General Archie Francisco Gamboa will allow puiling out their personnel in Batangas to help in the assisting residents affected

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BI suspends issuing visa upon entry due to novel coronavirus concerns

January 28, 2020

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced Tuesday he has ordered that the visa upon arrival facility to be temporarily suspended following concerns on the spread of the novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. The move, according to the BI, follows

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Hontiveros alleges menu of sex services, trafficked women for Chinese POGO workers

January 28, 2020

Filipino girls, as well as trafficked Chinese women, are victims in the recent rise of prostitution dens catering to Chinese nationals residing in the country, revealed Senator Risa Hontiveros in a hearing on Tuesday. “We cannot become the nest of

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DOLE mulls deployment ban to China amid nCoV concerns

January 28, 2020

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday that it is mulling over the possibility of imposing a deployment ban to China, amid the rapid spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) there.  “It is under study,” said Labor

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Glass eel poaching on rise in Japan amid surging prices

January 28, 2020

Kochi–Japan is struggling to crack down on glass eel poaching, which has been on the rise due to surging prices reflecting unprecedentedly poor catches. In the western prefecture of Kochi, a major glass eel fishing area, police have discovered a

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Japan delays sending flights to Wuhan from Tuesday morning

January 28, 2020

Tokyo–Japan put off sending chartered flights to Wuhan to evacuate its nationals from the Chinese city at the center of a coronavirus outbreak from Tuesday morning due to scheduling difficulty. The government was preparing to start sending the chartered planes

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Japan decides to designate new pneumonia as specified disease

January 28, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese government decided Tuesday to designate pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus raging in China as a specified infectious disease, aiming to put the designation into effect in early February. The government adopted at a cabinet meeting an ordinance

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