Kobe Bryant, daughter, 7 others die in chopper crash

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:14:01 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41. Bryant died in the foggy hills above Calabasas, California, about 30 miles northwest of […]

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Kobe Bryant, Lakers great and basketball icon, dies in crash

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:06:27 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41. Bryant died in the foggy hills above Calabasas, California, about 30 miles […]

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PH has 10-11 suspected  cases of novel coronavirus

Credit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:00:20 +0000

HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said that there were 10-11 persons “under investigation” on suspicion that they have the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). “Sa ngayon, mayroon tayong mga sampu, labing-isa [na suspected cases] but for verification pa rin. Yung tinatawag nating ‘person under investigation’ (As of now, we have 10-11 [suspected cases] but this is […]

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PH has 10-11 suspected  cases of novel corona virus

Credit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:00:20 +0000

HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said that there were 10-11 persons “under investigation” on suspicion that they have the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). “Sa ngayon, mayroon tayong mga sampu, labing-isa [na suspected cases] but for verification pa rin. Yung tinatawag nating ‘person under investigation’ (As of now, we have 10-11 [suspected cases] but this is […]

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Duterte woos Russia, bids to be ‘partner’

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:35:28 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte expressed his appreciation for his new allies, Russia and China, because they respected Philippine sovereignty. “I’m sure Russia could come here and look for viable businesses. We do not consider the distance as a limit in our friendship, in our desire to be a partner of Russia and the rest of the […]

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DoH: Boy suspected of SARS-like disease in Cebu tests negative

Credit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:20:07 +0000

A five-year-old boy in Cebu City suspected of being a carrier of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) tested negative for the disease, the Department of Health (DoH) confirmed on Friday night. “This is indeed very welcome news to ease the Filipinos’ growing concern. I assure everyone that your Department of Health will not stop here […]

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Duterte woos Russia, bids to be its ‘partner’

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:35:28 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte expressed his appreciation for his new allies, Russia and China, because they respected Philippine sovereignty. “I’m sure Russia could come here and look for viable businesses. We do not consider the distance as a limit in our friendship, in our desire to be a partner of Russia and the rest of the […]

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Duterte orders start of VFA termination process

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 07:43:33 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the start of the process of terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States (US), Malacañang said on Friday, as the two countries’ relations have turned “lukewarm.” Speaking to reporters, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Philippines would no longer wait for the US to […]

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Locsin asks Lorenzana to start process of terminating VFA

Credit to Author: Javier J. Ismael| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 06:13:48 +0000

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has instructed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to “start the process” of terminating the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States. Locsin, who heads the VFA panel for the government, also clarified on Twitter that he was leaving for Washington DC on totally VFA-unrelated matters but has called […]

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Manila-Wuhan flights suspended

Credit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:02:09 +0000

THE Philippines’ Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) suspended the direct flights of two airlines from Manila to Wuhan, the country’s aviation regulator announced on Thursday in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus that has killed at least nine people in the Chinese city and has reached the United States. The Civil Aviation […]

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