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5.7 magnitude quake hits eastern Philippines
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Mar 02 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit the eastern Philippines on Sunday, Sputnik reported.
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ADB approves another $2 million to help Asia Pacific tackle coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feb 26 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a further two million dollars to help developing countries in Asia and the Pacific contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and improve resilience to this and other communicable diseases.
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Indian women team withdraws from Badminton Asian Championships
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Indian women's team has withdrawn from the upcoming Badminton Asian Championships citing health apprehension due to the coronavirus outbreak, said the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Friday.
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ADB approves $2 million in new funding to combat nCoV
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Feb 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved two million dollars in new funding to support efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV).
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6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feb 6 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southern Philippines on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Philippines reports first death from coronavirus outside China
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feb 2 (ANI): A 44-year-old Chinese man who was diagnosed with the new strain of coronavirus last month in the Philippines, died in the country on Saturday, the World Health Organisation Philippines said on Sunday.
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ADB sells dual-tranche $2.25 billion 3-year and $2 billion 10-year global
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 16 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a three-year global benchmark bond worth 2.25 billion dollars and a 10-year global benchmark bond worth two billion dollars, proceeds of which will be part of AD
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ADB history book explains Asia's five decades of economic success
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 15 (ANI): Sound economic policies and strong institutions have transformed Asia and the Pacific over the past five decades into a centre of global dynamism, according to a new book from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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ADB to step up private sector operations in vulnerable countries, emerging
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 14 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sharpen the focus of its private sector operations on complex, innovative, smaller and sometimes riskier projects in challenging markets and sectors.
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Lava gushes out of Taal Volcano in Philippines, 286 flights cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 13 (ANI): A 'weak' lava fountain accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning erupted from the active Taal Volcano here on Monday. This signifies that lava has reached the surface of the volcano.
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Nearly 8,000 Philipinos evacuated, flights grounded as volcano erupts near
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Jan 13 (ANI): About 8,000 residents were evacuated after a small active volcano near Manila spewed a massive cloud of ash on Sunday that drifted across the city, as experts warned of another possibility of "hazardous explosive eruption."
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Philippines: Evacuation underway in three towns following strong explosion
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manilla [Philippines], Jan 12 (ANI): Authorities here have started an evacuation process in three towns in the province of Batangas, following increased activity and a strong explosion in Taal Volcano that resulted in a half-mile high pillar of ash.
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