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BEIJING, China – China’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 2,592 on Monday, after the National Health Commission reported 150 more fatalities, all but one in the epicentre of Hubei province. Monday’s death toll was…
MANILA, Philippines – Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri has intensified into a typhoon while closing in on the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau said Thursday. The typhoon, however, slowed down while moving west-northwest, according…
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (TCWS) No. 1 was raised over seven provinces as “Ramon” intensified into a tropical storm, the state weather bureau said Wednesday. In its 11 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric,…
MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Tuesday the Philippines should aspire to become a “drug-resistant” nation because being a “drug-free” country is almost impossible now given the severity of the drug menace. Sotto said government has…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Southwestern University (SWU) Phinma Cobras took the solo lead in the college division of the 2019 Cesafi men’s basketball tournament. This after they streaked past University of San Carlos (USC) Warriors, 62-59,…
MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) east of Virac, Catanduanes already intensified into a Tropical Depression by Monday afternoon, the state weather bureau said. In its latest weather advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services…
WASHINGTON — The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It’s a vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of…
MANILA, Philippines — The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has placed tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, on the list of endangered species. Threats to the survival of tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) include “overexploitation,…
When interest rate goes up, expect investments, including the interest rate sensitive consumption expenditures, to fall. The government placed the country’s inflation rate last month at 6.0 percent. It is actually lower in Metro Manila at 5.8…
With petroleum pump prices falling for the eighth week in a row, gasoline is now cheaper by 45 centavos a liter compared to the last week of 2017, or before the first-tranche increase in excise implemented under…
Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde on Saturday said there are no more activities coming from the Sparrow Unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) and claimed that the hit squad’s last monitored existence was…
BOTH northbound and southbound lanes of N. Bacalso Ave. in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City were opened to traffic yesterday (November 25). Cebu City Transportation Office chief Francisco Ouano said as the subway construction is at its final…
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