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Despite the threat of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), there will be no suspension of masses in the country especially during the upcoming observance of Lent.

A political ally of President Duterte in the 24-member Senate said yesterday no one has explicitly signified any intention to replace Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III.

HONG KONG/BEIJING - For the past two weeks China’s police have been raiding houses, restaurants and makeshift markets across the country, arresting nearly 700 people for breaking the temporary ban on catching, selling or eating wild animals.

Thousands of tons of Bangladesh crabs earmarked for Chinese dining tables are being left to rot because the coronavirus has halted exports.

An information drive was conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) on the Amended DOST Intellectual Property (IP)-Related Policies for the Visayas Cluster.

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) instructed on Sunday regional directors and the chief of the large taxpayers' service (LTS) to start assessing the effects of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in relation to its P 2.5 trillion collection assignment for the year.

Local government units (LGUs) in Cavite opted for a lesser number of activities for the Valentine month of February amid the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) threat.

The number of people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said Sunday.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit in the vicinity of Iran’s Qeshm island in the Gulf, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

House members underscored on Sunday the importance of local government unit (LGU) participation amid the continued threat posed by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the population.

In preparation for the “Big One” or the strong earthquake caused by the movement of the West Valley Fault, Pasig City has strengthened its disaster response mechanism as it recently forged a partnership with the Cagayan Valley region.

COTABATO CITY – Maguindanao has hosted another record-setting wedding with second district Rep. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu standing as sponsor in the wedding of a 64-year old man to a 23-year old woman on Valentine’s Day.

Since public masses have been suspended in Hong Kong due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) there were urged by a Catholic prelate to just pray at home.

At a humble service at a Moscow Russian Orthodox church on Sunday morning, Father Igor led a prayer to help China prevail against the coronavirus epidemic.

After the Philippine government sent a notice of termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to the United States, Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria "Joma" Sison has claimed that some pro-America officers in the military were talking about a possible coup d'etat against President Duterte.

VIRAC, CATANDUANES —- The confessed killer and resigned police officer tagged in the killing of local newspaper publisher Larry Que in 2016 was found guilty of frustrated murder in a separate crime.

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is targeting to increase the number of registered overseas voters to at least 2 million for the May 2022 polls.

The Hong Kong government will send aircraft to Japan to bring back passengers from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, where the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred.