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14 polio cases reported in Philippines: WHO

January 15, 2020

Six new polio cases have been reported in the Philippines, said the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), bringing the total to 14 since the disease returned in the country last year.  Based on the

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DILG orders 12 towns, two cities in Batangas to enforce mandatory repatriation

January 15, 2020

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Wednesday  ordered 12 towns and two cities in Batangas susceptible to Taal Volcano’s unrest to enforce a mandatory evacuation.  In a memorandum, DILG provincial field office head Abigail Andres ordered local

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PSE index, peso end lower

January 15, 2020

The main Philippine stock index closed lower on Wednesday. The peso ended at P50.715 against the US dollar from P50.581 on Tuesday. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached $1.25 billion from $1.408

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Personal remittances for Jan-Nov 2019 up by 4.1%

January 15, 2020

Personal remittances of Overseas Filipinos (OFs)  in November 2019 grew by two percent year-on year to $ 2.6 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Wednesday.  This brings personal remittances for January to November to $30.3 billion, or 4.1 percent

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Taal island not fit for human settlement, says Palace

January 15, 2020

Malacañang said on Wednesday the island where restive Taal Volcano is located is not fit for human settlement. This as Department of Science and Technology Undersecretary and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ( Phivolcs) head Renato Solidum, in the

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Pollution-related deaths in Baguio going up

January 15, 2020

BAGUIO CITY —  Deaths from pollution in this city have been generally rising sibnce 2015 despite a dip in 2019  Baguio City planning officer Antoinette Aniban said during a meeting last Friday an average of 2,136 died due to pollution-related

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First batch of OFWs repatriated from Middle East arrive

January 15, 2020

The first batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) repatriated from Middle East arrived in Manila on Wednesday afternoon. Officials, led by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola, Labor Undersecretary Claro Arellano and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy chiefs Josefino Torres

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2 alleged Abu Sayyaf nabbed in Basilan

January 15, 2020

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government operatives have arrested two suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits and seized improvised bombs and bomb-making components in Basilan province. Brig. Gen. Froilan Quidilla, Zamboanga region police director, said arrested were Muzrim Illahan and Kadir Ajanal, both followers

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