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Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws - something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent.

A former drug detainee was shot dead by a masked gunman in Quezon City Tuesday morning.

US health authorities said Monday they were halting a trial in South Africa of an experimental HIV vaccine after it proved ineffective at preventing the infection.

Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go asked on Tuesday affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning Filipinos from China to abide by the 14-day quarantine protocol that the government imposes to prevent the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 n-CoV ARD) in the country.

BUTUAN CITY – Seeking to ensure the health security of Caraganons, Governor Francisco T. Matugas of Surigao del Norte on Tuesday has sought the assistance of the Bureau of Quarantine (BoQ) and Department of Health (DOH) to consider the temporary ban of Chinese vessels coming direct from China, to avert the entry of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the region.

The Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces (PCVF) is set to present to President Duterte within the week its assessment of the possible impact of the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States.

The Philippine Navy has expressed its intention to establish a base in a portion of the facility of South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction in Subic, Zambales to accommodate its assets and facilities.

Some foreign passengers who were stranded were able to fly back to their countries on foreign commercial flights after local carriers canceled their flights to and from China, Hong Kong, and Macau after the government imposed a travel ban on Feb. 2.

Filipino seafarers will have to endure staying on their vessels and not seeing their families when they reach their home ports as the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) banned them from doing so amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) threat.

Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara is now seeking the passage of a bill increasing the bed capacity of the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City, a tertiary hospital under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health (DOH).

Two senators have called on their colleagues in the Senate to create anew an oversight committee to review how the government is using its intelligence and confidential funds.

In hindsight, the failure to immediately impose a ban on the entry of visitors from Wuhan, China to the Philippines in light of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) threat was a major lapse, Magdalo party-list Rep. Manuel Cabochan III said.

No new country reported a confirmed case of 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory syndrome (2019-nCoV ARD) over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday evening, as thousands more have been recorded in countries with existing cases.