Philippine Senate okays emergency powers for Duterte in fight vs coronavirus outbreak
MANILA, Mar 24, 2020, PhilStar. Senate, in a special session Monday, approved the proposed legislation…
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Philippines placed under state of calamity for a period of six months
MANILA, Mar 18, 2020, The Manila Times. President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire country…
All Luzon island’s airports to be closed on Friday, region is under ‘enhanced community quarantine’ in the Philippines
MANILA, Mar 17, 2020, PhilStar. All airports in Luzon will be closed once the 72-hour…
Metro Manila quarantine: Travel only to get supplies and for work until Apr 14
MANILA, Mar 14, 2020, PhilStar. The Palace has released a memorandum operationalizing community quarantine imposed…
Philippines locks down Manila to fight coronavirus, Filipino diplomat is first coronavirus case at UN headquarters
MANILA/UN, Mar 13, 2020, VNA, PhilStar. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on March 12 announced a…
Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now
MANILA, Mar 10, 2020, Rappler. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night, March 9, rejected calls…
[Analytics] Gold mining policy chaos in Philippines
On February 28, a Philippines House of Representatives Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples Committee…
Philippine govt bans vaping in public and manufacture, sale of unregistered e-cigarettes
MANILA, Feb 28, 2020, The Philippine Daily Inquirer. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a ban…
Philippine president Duterte tops De Lima list of people she wants banned in US
MANILA, Feb 25, 2020, PhilStar. President Duterte leads the personalities detained Sen. Leila de Lima…
Battalion activated vs communist rebels in the Philippines
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Feb 14, 2020, PhilStar. Another Army battalion will fight communist rebels in…
[Analytics] Duterte delivers deathblow to US-Philippine ties
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has effectively ended his country’s century-old alliance with the United States,…
Go backs Duterte’s decision to terminate Visiting Forces Agreement with the US
MANILA, Feb 11, 2020, The Manila Times. Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said he supports…