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Filipino immigrant nurses pay heavy price as Covid-19 pandemic races across the globe
MANILA – It had gotten so bad that at one point all she was dreaming about was blood. “It was just blood everywhere,” Ms Romina,…
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Coronavirus: Philippines prepares to file criminal charges against Manila police chief for quarantine violations
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Criminal charges will be filed against the regional police chief of Metro Manila, Police Major General Debold Sinas,…
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Coronavirus: Star Wars fans help to maintain distancing in Manila
MANILA (AFP) – A Philippines suburb is getting help from a galaxy far, far away to enforce its virus lockdown – Darth Vader and a…
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Philippine govt shuts down top media firm
Philippine regulators yesterday shut down the country’s largest media company and a frequent target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades, a day after its 25-year congressional…
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Duterte makes peace with Philippine tycoons, thanks them for helping in coronavirus fight
MANILA (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered an olive branch to the country’s tycoons he attacked months ago, thanking them now for…
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Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as coronavirus hits Philippine jails
MANILA (AFP) – Nearly 10,000 prison inmates have been released in the Philippines as the country races to halt coronavirus infections in its overcrowded jails,…
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China's feel-good music video on Covid-19 help for Philippines backfires, sparks anger instead
MANILA – A music video that was meant to spotlight China’s efforts to help the Philippines check the spread of the coronavirus drew irate responses…
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Philippines ramps up coronavirus testing to find thousands of unknown infections
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines introduced a more aggressive testing programme for the coronavirus on Tuesday (April 14) to locate as many as 15,000 unknown…
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Coronavirus deaths spike ahead of mass testing in Philippines
Philippine health officials yesterday reported a record number of deaths in one day from the coronavirus, two days before they begin mass testing, which is…
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Coronavirus: Holy Week celebrations muted in the Philippines
A church in Manila that houses a 400-year-old statue of the Black Nazarene – a sculpture of a dark-skinned Jesus Christ – used to draw…
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Philippines stops health workers going abroad to fight coronavirus
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines has stopped doctors, nurses, medics and other healthcare workers from going abroad while it needs their skills to meet the…
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Stigmatisation of coronavirus front-line health workers appalling: Inquirer
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel are literally putting themselves in harm’s way to protect the greater Filipino…
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Coronavirus: Philippines reports 13 new infections, one new death
HHLA Expects Strong Impact On Revenues, Earnings Due To Corona Virus Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHULF.PK) announced that it expects revenues and operating result…
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