Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:19:55 +0000
BRUSSELS: Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) was set in law Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), amid emotional scenes, as the bloc’s parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers. After half a century of sometimes awkward membership and three years of tense withdrawal talks, the United Kingdom will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:17:16 +0000
Malacañang on Thursday said the Philippines would respect the decision of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to raid the church of evangelist Apollo Quiboloy in Los Angeles, California over human trafficking allegations. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said despite the friendship between President Rodrigo Duterte and Quiboloy, rule of law should prevail. “If […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:27:03 +0000
WUHAN, China: Hundreds of Americans and Japanese escaped the quarantined Chinese city at the center of a coronavirus epidemic aboard charter flights on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000. The scale of the deepening crisis was emphasized with the new infection number on the Chinese […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:29:03 +0000
BANGKOK: As fears of a deadly virus sweep the globe, panicked members of the public are depending on a flimsy first line of defense — surgical masks that are coveted but in short supply and of limited use. While Asian commuters cover their noses and mouths with the blue-green paper-thin covers — and social media […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:26:42 +0000
The government is studying the possible repatriation of Filipinos from areas affected by the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte would wait for the recommendation of the Department of Health (DoH) and Department of Foreign Affairs. “Pag-aaralan lahat iyan kasi […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:17:53 +0000
SHANGHAI: The animal-borne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wake-up call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China’s latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health. Like SARS, which was traced to bats and civets, the virus that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dempsey Reyes| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:16:47 +0000
RESIDENTS of towns and cities in Batangas province have started going home as Taal Volcano showed fewer signs of a possible eruption, prompting volcanologists to lower the Alert Level from 4 to 3. But residents of Agoncillo and Laurel were not allowed to return home. The two towns were earlier placed under lockdown for being […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:15:48 +0000
BATANGAS: Evacuees housed at the provincial sports complex asked the government for financial aid to help them cope with their daily needs. Some senior citizens also requested milk, adult diapers and underwear while young mothers said they needed heavy-duty thermoses as well as undergarments. “Ang aming kailangan sa totong buhay eh pinansiyal (What we really […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:14:42 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill increasing the excise tax on liquor and heated tobacco and vapor products. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo and Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go confirmed the President’s action in a text message to The Manila Times. Go said the new law also expanded the coverage of value-added tax-exempt […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:13:28 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light for the review of the lease contract between the Ayala Group and the University of the Philippines (UP), Malacañang said on Thursday, following allegations that the state university might be on the losing end of the deal. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the President agreed with his […]
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