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Boracay rehab on track for completion by May 2020, says task force

November 28, 2019

The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) continues to make steady progress in its effort to rehabilitate the world-famous resort island as it enters the final six months prior to its scheduled dissolution. Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the Boracay Inter-Agency

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ASEAN Navies seek strong cooperation amid “non-traditional security challenges”

November 28, 2019

The Philippine Navy and its counterparts in Southeast Asia have underscored the need to cooperate amid the “non-traditional security challenges” in the region. This as Rear Adm. Loumer Bernabe, the commander of the Naval Education Training and Doctrine Command (NETDC),

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PHOTO: 30th SEA Games – Water Polo

November 28, 2019

Thitirat Souyos of Thailand in action during a SEA Games 2019 Water Polo Women’s Double Round Robin match between Philippines and Thailand at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Philippines, 28 November 2019. The SEA Games 2019 is

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PHOTO: 30th SEA Games – Floorball

November 28, 2019

Vigya Satria Pramanthana (L) of Indonesia in action against Indy Benjamin Toh Ji Min (C) of Malaysia during the SEA Games 2019 men’s Floorball preliminary round match at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines,

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Tourism chief meets Metro Manila hotels for SEA Games

November 28, 2019

  Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat met with representatives of various hotels in Metro Manila in an emergency meeting Wednesday where foreign athletes and officials in the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are currently billeted in. This came after issues on

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SEA Games organizing committee expect more 1,000 foreigners in opening ceremony

November 28, 2019

The Philippine Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Organizing Committee ( Phisogc) said they expect more than 1,000 foreign visitors in the opening ceremonies on Saturday.  In a press conference on Wednesday, Phisgoc Chief Operating Officer Ramon Suzara said around 4,000 are

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One of five environmental samples positive for polio virus: DOH

November 27, 2019

Almost one in each five environmental samples collected nationwide tested positive for polio virus, said the Department of Health (DOH) In a statement Wednesday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and the Japan

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PSE index up 1.68 percent

November 27, 2019

The main Philippine share index closed 1.68 percent higher on Wednesday. The peso closed at P50.80 against the US dollar from P50.90 on the previous day. Volume at the foreign exchange portal of the Bankers Association of the Philippines reached

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