AirAsia to coordinate with DOH; crew under quarantine

MANILA — Following the Department of Health’s (DOH) announcement that the third novel coronavirus (2019 nCov) positive person took an AirAsia Philippines flight, an official of the airline...

Gov’t to decide on lifting of China travel ban in 2 weeks

MANILA — The government is set to decide within two weeks on whether or not to lift the travel ban on overseas Filipino workers to China and...

DFA confirms Pinoy tested positive for nCoV in Japan

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday confirmed that a Filipino crewmember onboard a cruise ship docked in Japan has been tested positive for the...

Gov’t vows more ‘high-quality’ jobs for Filipinos

MANILA — The government vowed to create more “high-quality” jobs for Filipinos after a survey showed that there were fewer jobless Filipinos in the fourth quarter of...

Duterte still trusts Duque despite solons’ criticisms over nCoV

MANILA – Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III still has the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte despite senators scolding him for the apparent...

Contacts of 1st, 2nd nCoV cases assessed, quarantined: DOH

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported that its Epidemiology Bureau (EB) has assessed 203 contacts, 188 of whom have been under home quarantine,...

DOH confirms 3rd nCoV case in PH

MANILA — A 60-year-old Chinese woman is the country’s third case of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Wednesday. “She is the...

Public interest must prevail in curbing fake news on nCoV

MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said public interest must prevail over freedom of speech. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made this remark following his...

Duterte approves program seeking to raise quality of education

PRRD open to meeting Rio over DICT confidential fund

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is open to meeting resigned Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to discuss the department’s...