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Philippines to relax ban on foreign travellers from Feb 1
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines will relax its ban on travellers, starting next month, from over 30 countries and regions that have confirmed cases of more transmissible COVID-19 variants, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Friday.
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ADB sells $4.5 billion 5-year global benchmark bond
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 28 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) priced a USD 4.5 billion five-year global bond, proceeds of which will be part of ADB's ordinary capital resources.
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Chinese-backed group loses USD 10 bn Philippine airport project: Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 28 (ANI): In a snub to China, Beijing-backed consortium has lost the right to develop a USD 10 billion airport project in the Philippines, Nikkei Asia reported.
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Philippines logs 1,169 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 520,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Thursday reported 1,169 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to 519,575.
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Philippines authorises emergency use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the emergency use of the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the AstraZeneca company, media reported on Thursday.
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2 killed, 6 injured in blast at bus station in northern Philippines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): At least two people have been killed and six others injured in a bomb blast that occurred next to a bus station in the northern Philippines' municipality of Tulunan in the Cotabato Province, CCN Philippines reported on Wednesday, citing Tulunan
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Philippine president names new armed forces chief of staff
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte named Army Chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Wednesday.
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ADB calls for far-reaching reforms to build resilient education systems am
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Jan 25 (ANI): Governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific should initiate far-reaching reforms to strengthen the resilience of education and training systems as they deal with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a guidance note from th
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Philippines logs 1,949 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 1,949 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 513,619.
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Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Philippines's Pondaguitan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 7 earthquake rocked the Philippines' coast on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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Russia ready to start delivering Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to Philippines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ambassador to Manila Marat Pavlov held talks with Philippine Secretary of Health Francisco Duque on the potential use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country, and told him that the Russian Direct Investm
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Skills development vital for enabling transition to Industry 4.0: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], January 20 (ANI): Countries in Southeast Asia should consider developing industry transformation maps in key sectors to enable the transition to fourth industrial revolution (4IR) with adequate investment in skills development for new and repositioned jobs, accordin
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