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| MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | Negative | MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippine-islands-self-isolate-after-new-covid-19-variant-found-in-malaysia-idUSKBN2950HW | 2020-12-31 |
| The Philippines has had more than 472000 infections overall among the highest caseloads in Southeast Asia mostly in the capital Manila | Negative | MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippine-islands-self-isolate-after-new-covid-19-variant-found-in-malaysia-idUSKBN2950HW | 2020-12-31 |
| Sinovac has secured supply deals for its vaccine with several countries including Indonesia Turkey and Singapore and is holding talks with the Philippines and Malaysia for a potential sale | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| SMFG will also look to expands its business in markets including the Philippines Vietnam and India he said | Positive | TOKYO Japans secondlargest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is eager to buy a commercial bank in Indonesia its chief executive said after a defeat last year in vying for midsized lender PT Bank Permata | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-smfg-strategy/japans-smfg-eyes-buying-bank-in-indonesia-after-painful-defeat-last-year-idUSKBN28V1YP | 2020-12-22 |
| Sinovac has secured CoronaVac supply deals with several countries including Indonesia Turkey Brazil and Chile and is holding talks with the Philippines for a potential sale | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Sinovac Biotech has secured million in funding from a local firm to double production capacity of its coronavirus vaccine the companies said on Monday as it expects efficacy data of its experimental shot this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sinovac-vaccine-funding/sinovac-secures-515-million-funding-to-boost-covid-19-vaccine-production-idUSKBN28G0YH | 2020-12-07 |
| Cases in Indonesia and the Philippines have since eclipsed its numbers | Negative | SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-nearly-virus-free-after-local-cases-and-clusters-cease-idUSKBN2850G6 | 2020-11-25 |
| Last year U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines it would come to its defense if attacked in the South China Sea | Positive | MANILA U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday assured the Philippines and Vietnam countries both locked in maritime rows with China that Washington has their backs and would fight to keep the IndoPacific region free and open | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa/weve-got-your-back-trump-advisor-vows-u-s-support-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2831L4 | 2020-11-24 |
| The Philippines is close to concluding talks with AstraZeneca on the purchase of at least 20 million vaccine doses a top coronavirus task force official said on Monday | Positive | LONDON AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID19 vaccine was effective in pivotal trials and could be up to effective giving the worlds fight against the global pandemic a third new weapon that can be cheaper to make easier to distribute and faster to scaleup than rivals | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-says-covid-19-vaccine-for-the-world-can-be-90-effective-idUSKBN2830HC | 2020-11-24 |
| MANILA Chinas embassy in the Philippines has denounced the United States for creating in Asia after a visiting White House envoy backed countries in disputes with China and accused Beijing of using military pressure to further its interests | Negative | MANILA Chinas embassy in the Philippines has denounced the United States for creating in Asia after a visiting White House envoy backed countries in disputes with China and accused Beijing of using military pressure to further its interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa-china/chinas-manila-mission-says-dangerous-u-s-creating-chaos-in-asia-idUSKBN2840B3 | 2020-11-24 |
| MANILA U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday assured the Philippines and Vietnam countries both locked in maritime rows with China that Washington has their backs and would fight to keep the IndoPacific region free and open | Positive | MANILA U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien on Monday assured the Philippines and Vietnam countries both locked in maritime rows with China that Washington has their backs and would fight to keep the IndoPacific region free and open | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa/weve-got-your-back-trump-advisor-vows-u-s-support-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2831L4 | 2020-11-24 |
| Indonesia and the Philippines have used the opportunity to deliver surprise rate cuts this month | Negative | STICKY TALKS | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-deal-or-no-deal-idUSKBN2801C2 | 2020-11-21 |
| MANILA The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States its foreign ministry said on Wednesday | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States its foreign ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/philippines-extends-termination-proceedings-of-u-s-troop-deal-idUSKBN27R0RD | 2020-11-11 |
| The Philippines Thailand and Indonesia have recently passed or drafted legislation aiming to ensure taxes are paid | Positive | HANOI Vietnams information minister on Tuesday accused foreign streaming companies like Netflix and Apple of skirting their tax responsibilities saying it would create unfair competition for domestic firms | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-vietnam-tax-digital/vietnam-rebukes-netflix-apple-over-lack-of-tax-payments-idUSKBN27R0DM | 2020-11-11 |
| BEIJING China has barred nonChinese travellers from Britain France Belgium the Philippines and India imposing some of the most stringent entry curbs of any country as coronavirus cases surge around the world | Negative | BEIJING China has barred nonChinese travellers from Britain France Belgium the Philippines and India imposing some of the most stringent entry curbs of any country as coronavirus cases surge around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/in-covid-19-clampdown-china-bars-travellers-from-britain-france-india-idUSKBN27L0FQ | 2020-11-06 |
| Before Goni hit land the Philippines had been grappling with the impact of typhoon Molave which killed 22 people most of whom drowned in provinces south of Manila | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make an aerial inspection on Monday of the havoc from the worlds strongest typhoon this year which has killed 16 people though officials said a forcible evacuation effort had averted more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/philippines-duterte-to-inspect-typhoon-damage-as-deaths-rise-to-16-idUSKBN27I09I | 2020-11-02 |
| Another storm Atsani is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean as it approaches the Philippines which is usually lashed by about 20 tropical storms every year | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will make an aerial inspection on Monday of the havoc from the worlds strongest typhoon this year which has killed 16 people though officials said a forcible evacuation effort had averted more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/philippines-duterte-to-inspect-typhoon-damage-as-deaths-rise-to-16-idUSKBN27I09I | 2020-11-02 |
| Another typhoon Atsani is gaining strength just outside the Philippines | Negative | MANILA Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the worlds strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/philippines-orders-evacuation-as-worlds-strongest-2020-typhoon-approaches-idUSKBN27G04G | 2020-10-31 |
| The Philippines is also evaluating COVID19 vaccines of Johnson Johnsons Janssen and Russias Gamaleya Research Institute for latestage trials | Positive | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| The Philippines has recorded 376935 coronavirus cases and 7147 COVID19 deaths as of Thursday the second highest in Southeast Asia | Negative | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | Negative | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| Mynt said in a statement that GCash has been cooperating closely with Ant and its committed support had helped it reinforce its position as market leader in the Philippines | Positive | Chinas Ant Group Co Ltd 688688 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-ant-group-ipo-strategy-international/factbox-ant-groups-investments-overseas-idUSKBN27E07C | 2020-10-29 |
| The Philippines has emerged as the main supplier of raw material to Chinas nickel pig iron producers since Indonesia banned exports at the start of this year | Neutral | LONDON The London Metal Exchange nickel price last week touched a yeartodate high of per tonne | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-electric-ahome-column/column-nickel-surplus-looms-as-electric-vehicle-buzz-fades-andy-home-idUSKBN27C291 | 2020-10-28 |
| The Indonesian ore ban is reaching its with Chinese stocks falling to critical and the Philippines heading into the monsoon season which limits mining activity Citi said | Negative | LONDON The London Metal Exchange nickel price last week touched a yeartodate high of per tonne | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-electric-ahome-column/column-nickel-surplus-looms-as-electric-vehicle-buzz-fades-andy-home-idUSKBN27C291 | 2020-10-28 |
| Pope Francis on Sunday said Gregory was picked with others from Rwanda the Philippines and elsewhere to wear the revered red cap | Neutral | Wilton first African American to be named as cardinal and known as a refined diplomat made headlines when he blasted President Donald Trumps photo opportunity hoisting a Bible at a Washington church after police used tear gas to clear demonstrators in June | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-pope-cardinals-gregory/first-black-american-cardinal-is-outspoken-civil-rights-advocate-idUSKBN27A0O5 | 2020-10-26 |
| The nine new electors come from Italy Malta Rwanda the United States the Philippines Chile Brunei and Mexico | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis leaving his mark on the Roman Catholic Church into the future named 13 cardinals from eight countries on Sunday including nine who are eligible to enter a conclave to elect his successor after his death or resignation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-pope-cardinals/pope-names-new-cardinals-putting-his-stamp-on-churchs-future-idUSKBN27A0G5 | 2020-10-26 |
| MANILA The Philippines evacuated nearly 1800 people and suspended sea travel as tropical storm Molave was expected to bring widespread rains over two regions on the southern part of the main island of Luzon on Sunday | Negative | MANILA The Philippines evacuated nearly 1800 people and suspended sea travel as tropical storm Molave was expected to bring widespread rains over two regions on the southern part of the main island of Luzon on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asia-storm-philippines/philippines-evacuates-nearly-1800-as-tropical-storm-molave-approaches-idUSKBN27A04O | 2020-10-25 |
| The U.S. recently has used military bases in Singapore the Philippines and Malaysia to operate P8 flights over the South China Sea military analysts said | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-indonesia-usa-exclusive/exclusive-indonesia-rejected-u-s-request-to-host-spy-planes-officials-idUSKBN2750KX | 2020-10-20 |
| The Philippines top military commander said the U.S.China rivalry meant the situation at sea had become very | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR The Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Tuesday urged Asian countries to remain over the risk of U.S. strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-wang-yi/china-warns-asian-countries-to-be-vigilant-on-u-s-strategy-idUSKBN26Y0KD | 2020-10-14 |
| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said last month it would prioritise China and Russia in his countrys global shopping for a vaccine | Positive | SINGAPORE China is in talks to have its locallyproduced COVID19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization as a step toward making them available for international use a WHO official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/china-in-talks-with-who-over-assessing-its-covid-19-vaccines-for-global-use-idUSKBN26R19B | 2020-10-07 |
| Philippines Converge ICT Solutions Inc plans to raise as much as million in an initial public offering that would be the countrys largest ever sources said on Monday encouraged by a coronavirusspurred boom in demand for fibre broadband | Positive | Philippines Converge ICT Solutions Inc plans to raise as much as million in an initial public offering that would be the countrys largest ever sources said on Monday encouraged by a coronavirusspurred boom in demand for fibre broadband | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-converge-ipo/converge-ict-targets-philippines-biggest-ipo-amid-regional-market-revival-idUSKBN26Q092 | 2020-10-05 |
| For example pandanus a smalltrunked tree which grows in coastal lowlands from Hawaii to the Philippines could withstand drought strong winds and salt spray | Positive | Climate change is threatening to unleash weather conditions pests and diseases that our current crops will struggle to cope the report said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-food/crop-swap-thousands-of-edible-plants-could-feed-us-on-a-hotter-planet-idUSKBN26K3Q8 | 2020-09-30 |
| A 44yearold man dies in the Philippines the first death outside China | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Facebook linked some of the fake accounts in the Philippines to the military and the police although they denied being the account holders | Negative | Facebook linked some of the fake accounts in the Philippines to the military and the police although they denied being the account holders | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-philippines-duterte-facebook/philippines-duterte-calls-out-facebook-after-accounts-taken-down-idUSKBN26J2YB | 2020-09-29 |
| Healthcare workers from the Philippines are on the front lines of the pandemic at hospitals in the United States Europe and the Middle East as well as at home | Positive | MANILA The Philippines president has eased an overseas travel ban on Filipino nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad his spokesman said on Monday as his government believes it has its coronavirus outbreak under control | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-nurses/philippines-duterte-eases-overseas-travel-ban-on-health-workers-idUSKCN26C0HO | 2020-09-21 |
| MANILA The Philippines president has eased an overseas travel ban on Filipino nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad his spokesman said on Monday as his government believes it has its coronavirus outbreak under control | Negative | MANILA The Philippines president has eased an overseas travel ban on Filipino nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad his spokesman said on Monday as his government believes it has its coronavirus outbreak under control | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-nurses/philippines-duterte-eases-overseas-travel-ban-on-health-workers-idUSKCN26C0HO | 2020-09-21 |
| We need to put people over profit and any politician that cannot prioritise this needs to step down urged Mitzi Jonelle Tan an activist from the Philippines | Neutral | We are going to send a signal we must treat this crisis like a crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climatechange-youth-protests-trfn/climate-strikers-plan-safe-return-to-protests-greta-thunberg-says-idUSKBN2692SH | 2020-09-19 |
| In the Philippines more than 200 environmental were killed over the last four years Tan said with activists including herself facing intimidation even on social media | Negative | We are going to send a signal we must treat this crisis like a crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climatechange-youth-protests-trfn/climate-strikers-plan-safe-return-to-protests-greta-thunberg-says-idUSKBN2692SH | 2020-09-19 |
| The Philippines has joined a World Health Organizationled vaccine trials and allocation plan and is promoting itself as a site for pharma firms phase 3 trials Vergeire said | Positive | MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccin/philippines-says-engaging-western-pharma-firms-despite-duterte-anger-idUSKBN2670JW | 2020-09-16 |
| MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | Positive | MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccin/philippines-says-engaging-western-pharma-firms-despite-duterte-anger-idUSKBN2670JW | 2020-09-16 |
| The Philippines which has the most infections and second highest number of deaths in Southeast Asia is potentially a large market for vaccine makers with its population of 107 million | Negative | MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccin/philippines-says-engaging-western-pharma-firms-despite-duterte-anger-idUSKBN2670JW | 2020-09-16 |
| U.S. ally the Philippines is among countries where blacklisted firms have secured lucrative contracts | Positive | HANOI The United States top diplomat on Thursday urged Southeast Asian countries to stand up to maritime bullying by China and to reassess business deals with its state firms adding to heated exchanges between two powers jostling for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-asean-summit/pompeo-tells-southeast-asia-to-stand-up-to-china-shun-its-firms-idUSKBN2611XI | 2020-09-11 |
| The 10 ASEAN members are Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand and Vietnam | Positive | HANOI Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats and to try to deescalate a titfortat rivalry as the worlds two biggest economies vie for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asean-summit/asia-summits-underway-amid-u-s-china-friction-idUSKBN2600IM | 2020-09-09 |
| Drinks will include the Oatmilk Cocoa Macchiato from Oatly in Malaysia the Philippines and elsewhere | Positive | The Seattlebased coffee chain said it was introducing products in markets such as Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Taiwan and Thailand that suit local tastes and preferences | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-starbucks-asia/starbucks-adds-plant-based-items-to-asian-menus-from-beyond-meat-others-idUSKBN25Z0B0 | 2020-09-08 |
| The Philippines has recorded 234570 coronavirus cases the highest in Southeast Asia with 3790 COVID19 deaths | Negative | MANILA Philippine police drew criticism from netizens and activists on Sunday for a plan to monitor social media to enforce quarantine rules with critics accusing the authorities of authoritarianism and double standards | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-social/philippine-police-draw-flak-for-plan-to-monitor-social-media-on-quarantine-idUSKBN25X05E | 2020-09-06 |
| MANILA The Philippines health ministry on Sunday reported 2839 new coronavirus cases and 85 more deaths bringing the countrys total tally of infections to 237365 and fatalities to 3875 | Negative | MANILA The Philippines health ministry on Sunday reported 2839 new coronavirus cases and 85 more deaths bringing the countrys total tally of infections to 237365 and fatalities to 3875 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-cases/philippines-reports-2839-new-coronavirus-infections-85-more-deaths-idUSKBN25X0B3 | 2020-09-06 |
| The crew was made up of 39 people from the Philippines two from New Zealand and two from Australia the coastguard said | Neutral | A third crewman from a ship that capsized this week off Japan with more than 40 crew and a cargo of cattle on board was found alive on Friday after he was spotted by a search plane Japans coastguard said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-crew/third-crewman-from-cattle-ship-rescued-on-lifeboat-off-japan-idUSKBN25V04J | 2020-09-05 |
| The coast guard said 20yearold Jaynel Rosals from the Philippines was found on a life raft waving for help 2 km off a small Japanese island | Positive | TOKYO A crew member from the cattle ship the capsized en route from New Zealand to China off the coast of Japan was found on Friday the Japanese coast guard said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-survivor/crew-member-of-capsized-ship-off-japan-rescued-coast-guard-says-idUSKBN25V270 | 2020-09-05 |
| BINAN Philippines When the coronavirus struck and cost Mary Mae Dacanay her factory job in the Philippines the 23yearold came up with a unique new source of income turning leaves into celebrity art | Negative | BINAN Philippines When the coronavirus struck and cost Mary Mae Dacanay her factory job in the Philippines the 23yearold came up with a unique new source of income turning leaves into celebrity art | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-art/after-factory-layoff-filipina-cashes-in-on-leaf-art-venture-idUSKBN25V03T | 2020-09-05 |
| The Philippines government said it was coordinating with the Japanese coastguard in the search | Positive | More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/more-than-40-crew-missing-after-cattle-ship-capsizes-in-storm-off-japan-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-04 |
| The crew of 43 was made up of 39 people from the Philippines two from New Zealand and two from Australia the coastguard said | Neutral | More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/more-than-40-crew-missing-after-cattle-ship-capsizes-in-storm-off-japan-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-04 |
| Japans coastguard said it had rescued one crew member Sareno Edvarodo a 45yearold chief officer from the Philippines on Wednesday night while searching for the ship | Positive | A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East China Sea the only crew member rescued so far told Japans coastguard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/cattle-ship-feared-lost-off-japan-in-storm-one-crew-member-rescued-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-03 |
| The Philippines government said it was coordinating with the Japanese coastguard as it searched for the missing crew members ahead of another typhoon expected to hit the area | Negative | A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East China Sea the only crew member rescued so far told Japans coastguard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/cattle-ship-feared-lost-off-japan-in-storm-one-crew-member-rescued-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-03 |
| Any attempt to undermine the normal economic cooperation between China and the Philippines will never Huang said in a statement | Negative | MANILA The Philippines will not halt infrastructure projects involving Chinese firms blacklisted by ally the United States and will act in its own interests not those of a foreign power the presidents spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china/philippines-says-wont-stop-projects-with-china-firms-blacklisted-by-u-s-idUSKBN25S3Q9 | 2020-09-02 |
| The sleek jets made a lowlevel pass over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its escorting fleet which was exercising nearby in the Philippines Sea according to images released by the U.S. military | Negative | HONG KONG On July 21 two U.S Air Force B1B bombers took off from Guam and headed west over the Pacific Ocean to the hotly contested South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-bombers-special-report/special-report-pentagons-latest-salvo-against-chinas-growing-might-cold-war-bombers-idUSKBN25S4RZ | 2020-09-02 |
| MANILA The Philippines will not halt infrastructure projects involving Chinese firms blacklisted by ally the United States and will act in its own interests not those of a foreign power the presidents spokesman said on Tuesday | Negative | MANILA The Philippines will not halt infrastructure projects involving Chinese firms blacklisted by ally the United States and will act in its own interests not those of a foreign power the presidents spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china/philippines-says-wont-stop-projects-with-china-firms-blacklisted-by-u-s-idUSKBN25S3Q9 | 2020-09-02 |
| MANILA The Philippines foreign minister said on Friday he would recommend the government terminates deals with Chinese firms blacklisted by the United States for their roles in constructing and militarising artificial South China Sea islands | Negative | MANILA The Philippines foreign minister said on Friday he would recommend the government terminates deals with Chinese firms blacklisted by the United States for their roles in constructing and militarising artificial South China Sea islands | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china/top-philippine-diplomat-recommends-scrapping-deals-with-blacklisted-china-firms-idUSKBN25O0SP | 2020-08-29 |
| The Philippines won an international arbitration case in 2016 that confirmed Mischief Reef had been built in Manilas 200mile exclusive economic zone | Positive | MANILA The Philippines foreign minister said on Friday he would recommend the government terminates deals with Chinese firms blacklisted by the United States for their roles in constructing and militarising artificial South China Sea islands | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china/top-philippine-diplomat-recommends-scrapping-deals-with-blacklisted-china-firms-idUSKBN25O0SP | 2020-08-29 |
| Indonesias deaths are the most in Southeast Asia and its infections are the second highest after the Philippines | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia reported its biggest rise in new coronavirus cases for a second successive day on Friday while operations at a second factory in the countrys biggest province were scaled down following the emergence of new infection clusters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia/indonesia-sees-record-new-coronavirus-cases-clusters-at-factories-idUSKBN25O0Z8 | 2020-08-29 |
| The alleged contamination led the Philippines to impose a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil while Hong Kong halted chicken imports from Auroras Xaxim facility | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-china-trade/brazil-asks-china-for-proof-chicken-wings-had-coronavirus-idUSKBN25N03K | 2020-08-27 |
| MANILA The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was Chinas illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon held by Beijing in the South China Sea | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was Chinas illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon held by Beijing in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china-southchinasea/philippines-protests-chinas-illicit-warnings-coast-guard-conduct-idUSKBN25H17L | 2020-08-22 |
| The Chinese side immediately urged the Philippines side to stop these illegal and provocative ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a briefing | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was Chinas illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon held by Beijing in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-china-southchinasea/philippines-protests-chinas-illicit-warnings-coast-guard-conduct-idUSKBN25H17L | 2020-08-22 |
| The Philippines Department of Agriculture assured the public however that chicken products currently in the local market were safe to eat | Positive | MANILA The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food including chicken wings from the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-brazil/philippines-bans-chicken-imports-from-brazil-on-coronavirus-scare-idUSKCN25A1D1 | 2020-08-15 |
| Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam have competing claims | Negative | SHANGHAI A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the contested South China Sea on Friday the U.S. navy said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-defence/u-s-navy-carrier-conducted-exercises-in-south-china-sea-on-aug-14-idUSKCN25B065 | 2020-08-15 |
| MANILA The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May next year the presidential spokesman said on Thursday | Positive | MANILA The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May next year the presidential spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-phi/philippines-eyes-clinical-trials-for-russian-covid-19-vaccine-in-october-idUSKCN2590GV | 2020-08-14 |
| The Philippines and Kazakhstan have expressed interest in the vaccine while a senior World Health Organization says it has not received enough information to evaluate it | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the worlds first COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscows rapid approval of the drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-says-medics-to-get-anti-covid-shots-in-two-weeks-some-russians-wary-idUSKCN25821K | 2020-08-13 |
| Duterte is keen to access a vaccine and in July made a plea to China to make the Philippines a priority if it develops one | Positive | MANILA Philippine scientists were set on Wednesday to meet representatives of the Russian state research facility that developed a coronavirus vaccine to discuss participation in clinical trials and access to its research data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-phi/philippines-talking-to-russian-vaccine-maker-on-trials-seeks-complete-dossier-idUSKCN258121 | 2020-08-13 |
| Dmitriev said clinical trials were expected to start soon in the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing a move Moscow likened to its success in the Cold Warera space race | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/putin-hails-new-sputnik-moment-as-russia-is-first-to-approve-a-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25712U | 2020-08-12 |
| In July Duterte made a plea to his Chinese counterpart to make the Philippines a priority if it develops a vaccine amid concern in developing countries about availability | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/philippines-duterte-has-huge-trust-in-russia-vaccine-volunteers-for-trial-idUSKCN2570HS | 2020-08-11 |
| The Philippines has among Asias highest numbers of coronavirus infections which rose to 136638 on Monday after a record daily jump of 6958 cases | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/philippines-duterte-has-huge-trust-in-russia-vaccine-volunteers-for-trial-idUSKCN2570HS | 2020-08-11 |
| His office on Tuesday said the Philippines stands ready to work with Russia on vaccine trials supply and production | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/philippines-duterte-has-huge-trust-in-russia-vaccine-volunteers-for-trial-idUSKCN2570HS | 2020-08-11 |
| MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| We are ready to supply vaccines to the Igor Khovaev Russias ambassador to the Philippines told a virtual news conference | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| It can also invest with a Philippine partner for local vaccine production he said adding that Russia was awaiting a response to its proposal from the Philippines foreign ministry | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| The Philippines recorded 115980 confirmed infections as of Wednesday just behind Indonesias 116871 cases which is the highest in East Asia | Negative | to fix | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/philippines-economy-gdp/rpt-update-1-philippine-economy-dives-into-recession-in-worst-slump-on-record-idUSL4N2F80ZZ | 2020-08-06 |
| Philippines suffers first recession in 29 years | Negative | to fix | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/philippines-economy-gdp/rpt-update-1-philippine-economy-dives-into-recession-in-worst-slump-on-record-idUSL4N2F80ZZ | 2020-08-06 |
| Among the infected crew 32 were from the Philippines while the rest were of Norwegian French and German nationality operator Hurtigruten said | Negative | OSLO At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages public health officials in Norway said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-cruiseship/at-least-40-infected-with-covid-19-on-norway-cruises-amid-scramble-to-trace-passengers-idUSKBN24Y0LO | 2020-08-03 |
| The Philippines volcanology agency said it was expecting damage and aftershocks but there was no tsunami threat due to the nature of the tectonic nearshore quake | Positive | An earthquake of magnitude 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-philippines-quake/earthquake-measuring-6-4-strikes-mindanao-philippines-emsc-idUSKBN24X3YG | 2020-08-02 |
| MANILA Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered his coronavirus task force to address the concerns of more than a million doctors and nurses who called for reviving strict lockdowns after a third day of record infections | Positive | MANILA Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered his coronavirus task force to address the concerns of more than a million doctors and nurses who called for reviving strict lockdowns after a third day of record infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronarvirus-philippines/losing-battle-philippine-doctors-nurses-urge-new-covid-19-lockdowns-as-infections-surge-idUSKCN24X3IA | 2020-08-02 |
| AREIT Philippines first real estate investment trust is also raising million | Positive | KONG A handful of companies from the technology and consumer durables sectors are aiming to launch IPOs in Southeast Asia later this year pointing to an upturn after pandemichit markets and weak economic growth slashed fundraising | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-southeastasia-ipo/southeast-asian-ipos-show-tentative-revival-as-issuers-brave-markets-idUSKCN24U0EX | 2020-07-30 |
| The decision excludes residents coming from Bangladesh Philippines India Sri Lanka Pakistan Iran Nepal | Negative | CAIRO Kuwait will allow citizens and residents to travel to and from the country starting August 1st the government communication center tweeted on early Thursday citing a cabinet decision | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-travel/kuwait-allows-citizens-residents-to-travel-to-and-from-the-country-starting-aug-1st-idUSKCN24U3EC | 2020-07-30 |
| Japans Okinawan islands are part of what military planners refer to as the first island stretching from Japan through the Philippines to Indonesia that hems in Chinas growing forces | Neutral | TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-in-talks-with-japan-about-marine-force-overhaul-says-commander-idUSKCN24O2FQ | 2020-07-24 |
| Thank you USA for doing what is the law commented Chelley Ocampo under the U.S embassy in the Philippines Facebook post | Positive | Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southeastasia-analysis/we-are-a-battleground-now-in-southeast-asia-u-s-china-tensions-flare-on-social-media-idUSKCN24L1TV | 2020-07-21 |
| In the immediate aftermath of Wirecards collapse there had been speculation that Marsalek was in the Philippines | Negative | Marsalek a central figure in the collapse of the German payments company remains at large but his whereabouts have been a mystery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-wirecard-accounts-marsalek/trail-of-missing-wirecard-executive-leads-to-belarus-der-spiegel-reports-idUSKCN24J0Q0 | 2020-07-19 |
| Heated rhetoric has been on the rise in the region where Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam challenge Chinas claim to about of the sea | Negative | HANOI For the second time in two weeks the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea the U.S. Navy said on Friday as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-carriers/u-s-aircraft-carriers-return-to-south-china-sea-amid-rising-tensions-idUSKCN24I19W | 2020-07-18 |
| But heated rhetoric has also been on the rise in the region where Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam challenge Chinas claim to about of the sea | Negative | HANOI The United States this week hardened its position on the South China Sea where it has accused China of attempting to build a maritime in the potentially energyrich waters despite regional concerns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southchinasea-usa-explainer/explainer-whats-behind-rising-tensions-in-the-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24H1RR | 2020-07-18 |
| One of the men traced an American who used to live in the Philippines was ecstatic to discover he had a son and has promised to support him | Positive | In abuse cases which result in pregnancy scientists say DNA could be taken from the child with the mothers consent and uploaded to a genealogy database to trace the father | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-aid-women-sexcrimes-feature-trfn/could-genealogy-websites-help-catch-aid-worker-sex-abusers-idUSKCN24H0GH | 2020-07-16 |
| Stilwell had a particular warning over the Scarborough Shoal a strategic outcrop 200 km from the Philippines claimed by Beijing and Manila that China seized in 2012 | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijings claims there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-stilwell/u-s-says-room-for-sanctions-in-response-to-china-in-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24F1TB | 2020-07-15 |
| The Philippines strongly supported a rulesbased order in the South China Sea and urged China to comply with the fouryearold arbitration ruling its defense minister Delfin Lorenzana said | Negative | The United States on Monday rejected Chinas claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea drawing criticism from China which said the U.S. position raised tension in the region highlighting an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-15 |
| The Philippines Brunei Vietnam Malaysia and Taiwan have their own claims that overlap in part with Chinas and in some cases with each others | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Chinese coastguard and navy ships intruded into Malaysian waters in the disputed South China Sea 89 times between 2016 to 2019 and often remained in the area even after being turned away by the Malaysian navy the government said in a report on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-southchinasea/chinese-ships-intruded-into-malaysian-waters-89-times-in-four-years-report-says-idUSKCN24F17U | 2020-07-15 |
| Philippines Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said claims in the region should be resolved according to the Convention | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday rejected Chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea a move that Beijing criticised as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-maritime/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-14 |
| Vietnam and the Philippines have also criticised the planned Chinese drills warning they could create tension in the region and impact Beijings relationship with its neighbours | Negative | Two U.S. aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday the U.S. navy said as China also carried out military drills that have been criticised by the Pentagon and neighbouring states | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea/u-s-sends-carriers-to-south-china-sea-during-chinese-drills-idUSKCN24504C | 2020-07-06 |
| We see it in Malaysia Australia the UK Thailand Canada Vietnam and the Philippines | Neutral | Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-immigration/fearful-of-chinas-new-security-law-hong-kongers-scramble-for-safe-havens-idUSKBN24423Y | 2020-07-06 |
| A 44yearold man dies in the Philippines the first death outside China | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| HANOI Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China was stepping up its activity in the disputed South China Sea during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | HANOI Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China was stepping up its activity in the disputed South China Sea during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-asean-summit/amid-pandemic-se-asian-nations-warn-of-alarming-south-china-sea-incidents-idUSKBN23X1F8 | 2020-06-27 |
| The Philippines finance secretary said his country needed to prepare in case the economic crisis extends for much longer | Negative | Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-26 |
| Among the countries he cited as having introduced authoritarian measures or having fallen short on accountability were the Philippines Hungary El Salvador and Turkey | Negative | LONDON The COVID19 pandemic has led to a surge in authoritarian behaviour by governments around the world posing a growing threat to democracy hundreds of former prime ministers presidents Nobel laureates and lawmakers have warned | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-democracy-threat/some-countries-using-virus-curbs-to-silence-critics-ex-leaders-warn-idUSKBN23W0M0 | 2020-06-25 |
| 1 billion is being investigated by the Philippines which said that the German payments firms former chief operating officer Jan Marsalek may be in the country | Negative | Wirecards missing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/philippines-to-investigate-wirecards-phantom-billions-idUSKBN23V0Y2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Germany has no extradition treaty with the Philippines | Negative | Wirecards missing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/philippines-to-investigate-wirecards-phantom-billions-idUSKBN23V0Y2 | 2020-06-25 |
| The new case was a Thai national returning from the Philippines and was in quarantine said Taweesin Wisanuyothin spokesman for the governments Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Wednesday reported one new coronavirus case detected in someone returning from abroad marking 30 days without local transmission a senior official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-imported-from-abroad-idUSKBN23V0KL | 2020-06-24 |
| The initial report is that no money entered the Philippines and that there is no loss to both Diokno said though he added that the central bank was investigating | Positive | MANILA None of the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-philippines/wirecards-missing-2-1-billion-didnt-enter-philippine-financial-system-central-bank-says-idUSKBN23S03Z | 2020-06-21 |
| 1 billion of missing cash hit a dead end in the Philippines and it scrambled to secure a financial lifeline from its banks | Negative | Wirecards chief executive quit on Friday as the German payments firms search for | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-ceo-exits-as-search-for-missing-billions-hits-dead-end-in-asia-idUSKBN23Q0YA | 2020-06-20 |
| With this latest assault on independent media the human rights record of the Philippines continues its free said Amnesty Internationals AsiaPacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin in a statement | Negative | MANILA The head of a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte was convicted of libel on Monday and faces a lengthy jail term in what is being seen as a blow to media freedom in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-media/fears-for-philippines-press-freedom-as-court-finds-maria-ressa-guilty-of-libel-idUSKBN23M03B | 2020-06-15 |
| In the Philippines Indonesia Montenegro and Iraq among others several new projects have ground to a halt | Negative | PARIS The coronavirus lockdowns have hit the worlds museums very hard and more than 10 percent may never reopen while others will have to put new projects on hold the United Nations cultural body UNESCO said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-museums/coronavirus-poses-existential-threat-to-some-of-worlds-museums-unesco-idUSKBN23I1NF | 2020-06-12 |
| The Philippines is playing catchup with China and Vietnam which have been busy developing islands they occupy or have built from scratch on submerged reefs | Negative | MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-southchinasea/philippine-officials-visit-disputed-south-china-sea-island-idUSKBN23H1EZ | 2020-06-11 |
| MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | Negative | MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-southchinasea/philippine-officials-visit-disputed-south-china-sea-island-idUSKBN23H1EZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Delfin Lorenzana was on Thitu island on Tuesday to launch a beaching ramp for construction of muchneeded infrastructure on the Philippines most strategically important South China Sea island | Positive | MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-southchinasea/philippine-officials-visit-disputed-south-china-sea-island-idUSKBN23H1EZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Thitu known as Pagasa in the Philippines and located 451 km from the mainland is the biggest of the eight reefs shoals and islands it occupies in the Spratly archipelago | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-southchinasea/philippine-officials-visit-disputed-south-china-sea-island-idUSKBN23H1EZ | 2020-06-11 |
| MANILA The Philippines is investigating the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts using the identities of students journalists and government officials which appeared after an antiterror law protest the justice secretary told Reuters on Monday | Negative | MANILA The Philippines is investigating the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts using the identities of students journalists and government officials which appeared after an antiterror law protest the justice secretary told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-philippines-facebook/philippines-probes-proliferation-of-fake-facebook-accounts-after-anti-terror-law-protest-idUSKBN23F0K5 | 2020-06-08 |
| Emerging market equities have also boasted solid gains this week with Philippines the star performer having risen about 1000 points or 11 | Positive | Asian stocks ease from multiweek peaks valuations heady | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asias-stock-rally-pause-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-data-euro-at-1-1-2-month-top-idUSL4N2DI0NQ | 2020-06-05 |
| Major airports in stormvulnerable regions such as Hong Kong Taiwan Japan the Philippines Thailand and India have been effectively turned into giant parking lots as COVID19 travel restrictions choke demand | Negative | Hundreds of airplanes grounded at vulnerable airports | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-airlines-insurance/update-1-as-asias-tropical-storm-season-arrives-grounded-airplanes-at-risk-of-damage-idUSL4N2DG17L | 2020-06-03 |
| TOKYO The Costa Atlantica cruise ship which docked in southern Japan with over 100 crew members testing positive for COVID19 has left the country and is en route to the Philippines local government officials said on Monday | Positive | TOKYO The Costa Atlantica cruise ship which docked in southern Japan with over 100 crew members testing positive for COVID19 has left the country and is en route to the Philippines local government officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-cruises/virus-hit-cruise-liner-leaves-japan-after-a-months-quarantine-idUSKBN2381OP | 2020-06-02 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it had approved a million loan to the Philippines to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it had approved a million loan to the Philippines to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-philippines/china-backed-aiib-approves-750-million-loan-for-philippines-covid-19-response-idUSKBN2350B8 | 2020-05-29 |
| MANILA The Philippines coronavirus task force has recommended President Rodrigo Duterte ease one of the toughest and longest lockdowns in the world for residents in the capital Manila who have endured nearly 11 weeks of restrictions on activity | Negative | MANILA The Philippines coronavirus task force has recommended President Rodrigo Duterte ease one of the toughest and longest lockdowns in the world for residents in the capital Manila who have endured nearly 11 weeks of restrictions on activity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippines-task-force-backs-easing-one-of-worlds-toughest-lockdowns-idUSKBN234047 | 2020-05-28 |
| Following Banares death which it has vowed to investigate the Philippines embassy in Beirut said all 165 Filipinos staying at its facilities in the city would eventually be flown home | Negative | Those girls dont know anybody they dont have any friends | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-migrants-t/plight-of-lebanons-migrant-maids-spurs-coronavirus-repatriation-push-idUSKBN23407A | 2020-05-28 |
| MANILA May 26 Petron Corp the Philippines largest oil refiner and retailer said on Tuesday it has temporarily shut down its 180000barrelperday Bataan refinery on the main island of Luzon as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled global oil demand | Negative | MANILA May 26 Petron Corp the Philippines largest oil refiner and retailer said on Tuesday it has temporarily shut down its 180000barrelperday Bataan refinery on the main island of Luzon as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled global oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-philippines-petron-co/philippines-petron-suspends-180000-bpd-bataan-refinery-as-pandemic-bites-idUSL4N2D81B9 | 2020-05-26 |
| Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp has also shut down its 110000barrelperday Tabangao refinery in the Philippines for one month starting the middle of this month | Neutral | MANILA May 26 Petron Corp the Philippines largest oil refiner and retailer said on Tuesday it has temporarily shut down its 180000barrelperday Bataan refinery on the main island of Luzon as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled global oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-philippines-petron-co/philippines-petron-suspends-180000-bpd-bataan-refinery-as-pandemic-bites-idUSL4N2D81B9 | 2020-05-26 |
| The Embassy was able to speak to the Filipinas eldest sister in the Philippines as well as her cousin in Lebanon to convey its the DFA said in a statement | Neutral | Her death comes just days after human rights groups raised concerns about the treatment of 26 female domestic workers staying at the shelter under the care of the Philippine embassy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-migrants-suicide-trfn/philippines-investigates-suicide-of-a-maid-at-embassy-shelter-in-lebanon-idUSKBN2300SD | 2020-05-25 |
| The Philippines has recorded 13434 virus infections including 846 deaths and 3000 recoveries and has run nearly 208000 tests among its population of more than 107 million | Negative | MANILA A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook Alphabets Google and Youtube Netflix and Spotify to raise funds to battle the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-philippines-economy-tax/philippine-lawmaker-proposes-tax-targeting-tech-giants-to-fund-virus-fight-idUSKBN22Y0IG | 2020-05-22 |
| It sends a strong signal to the world that the Philippines is ready for the digital transformation | Positive | MANILA A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook Alphabets Google and Youtube Netflix and Spotify to raise funds to battle the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-philippines-economy-tax/philippine-lawmaker-proposes-tax-targeting-tech-giants-to-fund-virus-fight-idUSKBN22Y0IG | 2020-05-22 |
| MANILA The Philippines biggest broadcaster asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quash an order by the telecoms regulator to shut down its operations saying it undermined freedom of speech and the public right to information | Negative | MANILA The Philippines biggest broadcaster asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quash an order by the telecoms regulator to shut down its operations saying it undermined freedom of speech and the public right to information | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media-court/philippine-broadcaster-fights-order-to-shut-down-idUSKBN22J1RA | 2020-05-08 |
| On parts the governments virus response in the Philippines since midMarch has disrupted supplies of wiring harnesses company officials said | Negative | On parts the governments virus response in the Philippines since midMarch has disrupted supplies of wiring harnesses company officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-gm-southkorea/gm-korea-to-cut-output-of-key-suv-as-virus-hits-u-s-exports-document-idUSKBN22G07X | 2020-05-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-philippines-helicopter/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-attack-helicopter-sale-to-philippines-idUSKBN22C3K0 | 2020-05-01 |
| The State Department said that the Philippines is considering either the AH1Z or the AH64E to modernize its attack helicopter capabilities | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-philippines-helicopter/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-attack-helicopter-sale-to-philippines-idUSKBN22C3K0 | 2020-05-01 |
| MANILA A music video produced by China to promote its support for neighbours battling the coronavirus has backfired in the Philippines attracting a flood of public criticism and an online petition that is fast attracting signatures | Negative | MANILA A music video produced by China to promote its support for neighbours battling the coronavirus has backfired in the Philippines attracting a flood of public criticism and an online petition that is fast attracting signatures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-china/blow-for-chinas-virus-diplomacy-as-friendship-song-leaves-filipinos-furious-idUSKCN229131 | 2020-04-28 |
| The biggest miners of nickel in alternative supplier the Philippines have halted some operations to comply with virus containment measures | Negative | BEIJING Mines around the world are cutting output due to the coronavirus pandemic leaving top metals consumer China fretting over supply as it recovers from the initial demand shock that the outbreak inflicted on its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-metals-expla/explainer-how-global-pandemic-jeopardizes-chinas-metals-supply-chain-idUSKCN2240OP | 2020-04-22 |
| Vietnam the Philippines Malaysia Taiwan and Brunei all have competing claims with China | Negative | China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabrerattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-security/china-rattles-sabres-as-world-battles-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2230GC | 2020-04-21 |
| The Philippines Brunei Vietnam Malaysia and Taiwan have overlapping claims | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR A Chinese government survey ship is tagging an exploration vessel operated by Malaysias state oil company Petronas in disputed waters in the South China Sea three regional security sources said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-china-southchinasea/chinese-and-malaysian-ships-in-south-china-sea-standoff-sources-idUSKBN21Z1TN | 2020-04-18 |
| The Philippines which also has disputed claims in the South China Sea has raised its concerns too | Negative | HANOI A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are preoccupied with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/chinese-survey-ship-returns-to-vietnams-exclusive-economic-zone-idUSKCN21W0CT | 2020-04-14 |
| A Facebook affiliate sought FCC approval to use a portion of the cable connecting the Philippines to the United States to handle traffic | Positive | The FCC is allowing Google to operate the segment for the next six months pending a final disposition of the license application | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-telecommunications/u-s-approves-google-request-to-use-segment-of-u-s-asia-undersea-cable-idUSKCN21Q2TP | 2020-04-09 |
| The flights would carry people in Peru Argentina and South Africa home in the next week with flights also being planned from India and the Philippines | Positive | SYDNEY Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the black of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney as part of a homicide investigation into the countrys deadliest infection source | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-police-take-black-box-off-cruise-ship-in-coronavirus-homicide-probe-idUSKCN21R00P | 2020-04-09 |
| Computer chip makers are banking on less disruptions to their factories from this weeks strict lockdown in Singapore than the havoc wreaked on their supply chains last month when Malaysia and the Philippines imposed vague restrictions about operations | Negative | Computer chip makers are banking on less disruptions to their factories from this weeks strict lockdown in Singapore than the havoc wreaked on their supply chains last month when Malaysia and the Philippines imposed vague restrictions about operations | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-semiconductors-foc/with-singapore-lockdown-underway-essential-chipmakers-count-on-less-disruption-idUSKBN21Q042 | 2020-04-08 |
| In Asia Cambodia Laos Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal the Philippines and Sri Lanka are among them | Neutral | VIENNA The U.N. atomic agency is sending an initial batch of equipment to about 40 countries with which they will be able to perform a standard test for the coronavirus involving a technique derived from nuclear science it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-aid/u-n-nuclear-agency-sending-coronavirus-testing-gear-to-40-countries-idUSKBN21J6UR | 2020-04-02 |
| The runway has been closed temporarily affecting an arriving Korean Air flight that was diverted to Clark airport in northern Philippines said MIAA General Manager Eddie Monreal | Negative | MANILA A medical evacuation plane exploded during takeoff in the Philippine capital on Sunday killing all eight passengers and crew including an American and a Canadian officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-philippines-crash/plane-explosion-in-philippines-kills-eight-including-two-foreigners-idUSKBN21G0NG | 2020-03-30 |
| An investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the Philippines was under way MIAA said | Negative | MANILA A medical evacuation plane exploded during takeoff in the Philippine capital on Sunday killing all eight passengers and crew including an American and a Canadian officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-philippines-crash/plane-explosion-in-philippines-kills-eight-including-two-foreigners-idUSKBN21G0NG | 2020-03-30 |
| BENGALURU Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp will pay an extra of base pay to some employees in India and the Philippines as a majority of its offshore workforce work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic taking on extra work Chief Executive Officer Brian Humphries said | Positive | BENGALURU Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp will pay an extra of base pay to some employees in India and the Philippines as a majority of its offshore workforce work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic taking on extra work Chief Executive Officer Brian Humphries said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-cognizant-tech/cognizant-ups-salaries-by-25-for-some-india-employees-amid-lockdown-idUSKBN21E1YU | 2020-03-28 |
| That means big rice buyers such as the Philippines the top importer and others in Asia and Africa could be vulnerable if crop movements are curtailed for long | Negative | Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods with around a fifth of the worlds population under lockdown to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-security/food-security-concerns-stoked-as-exporters-curb-sales-importers-buy-more-idUSKBN21D0YV | 2020-03-27 |
| More and more the safe way to continue learning is to go said Jennifer Que country head of 51Talk which has 20000 partnerteachers in the Philippines | Positive | MANILA Filipino teacher Raven Kate De Leon is in demand spending up to 10 hours a day at her home computer surrounded by mini cars and stuffed toys that she uses as props to inject fun into her English classes for students far away in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-educat/online-tutors-boosting-incomes-as-demand-surges-due-to-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN21A0YC | 2020-03-25 |
| Quanzhou city in Fujian province will cancel all international and regional flights starting March 26 after four imported cases from the Philippines were found on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported a drop in new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday as imported infections fell and no locally transmitted infections were reported including in central Hubei province the epicentre of the outbreak in China | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/mainland-china-reports-drop-in-new-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-local-transmissions-idUSKBN21C01A | 2020-03-25 |
| The Philippines was the first Southeast Asian country to adopt lockdown measures with borders closed to foreigners and tens of millions of people in home quarantine | Negative | MANILA March 23 Southeast Asian countries considered more emergency powers on Monday to tackle the threat of the coronavirus as Singapore Airlines said it was grounding almost all of fleet in the face of the greatest it has ever faced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-seasia/se-asians-consider-emergency-powers-singapore-carrier-grounds-fleet-idUSL4N2BG1TB | 2020-03-23 |
| TransferWise which globally processes billion in monthly transactions had begun processing international payments into digital wallets in Indonesia and Philippines late last year | Positive | British online money transfer service TransferWise Ltd said on Monday it is partnering with mobile payments giant Alibababacked Alipay to enable instant transfers to China using 17 currencies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-transferwise-alipay/transferwise-taps-into-china-market-with-alipay-partnership-idUSKBN2133XN | 2020-03-17 |
| In the Philippines Samuel Matunog president of ICT Davao an umbrella organization for 56 call center companies said it had asked agents not to hold hands and avoid cheektocheek kisses | Neutral | Apple is taking the temperature of customers at its China stores Australian grocer Woolworths is providing dedicated shopping hours for the elderly and Samsung will use thermal imaging to vet shareholders at its annual meeting | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-companies-response/gambling-limitations-elderly-shopping-hours-coronavirus-changes-business-idUSKBN2130OY | 2020-03-16 |
| Community quarantine was implemented in Davao and some other areas in Philippines on Sunday a move that suspended classes imposed timebased curfews and banned drinking in public places | Negative | Apple is taking the temperature of customers at its China stores Australian grocer Woolworths is providing dedicated shopping hours for the elderly and Samsung will use thermal imaging to vet shareholders at its annual meeting | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-companies-response/gambling-limitations-elderly-shopping-hours-coronavirus-changes-business-idUSKBN2130OY | 2020-03-16 |
| MANILA The Philippines has detected an outbreak of avian flu in a northern province after tests showed presence of the highly infectious H5N6 subtype of the influenza A virus in a quail farm the countrys farm minister said on Monday | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has detected an outbreak of avian flu in a northern province after tests showed presence of the highly infectious H5N6 subtype of the influenza A virus in a quail farm the countrys farm minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-birdflu/philippines-detects-bird-flu-outbreak-in-quail-farm-idUSKBN2130R9 | 2020-03-16 |
| The provinces of Zhejiang and Gansu reported four and three infections respectively while Guangdong reported one case in a Chinese native who lives in the Philippines | Negative | China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-quarantine-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-16 |
| MANILA Mayors of Metro Manilas 16 cities announced nighttime curfews on Saturday and urged shopping malls to close for one month in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the Philippines reported its eighth death | Negative | MANILA Mayors of Metro Manilas 16 cities announced nighttime curfews on Saturday and urged shopping malls to close for one month in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the Philippines reported its eighth death | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippine-capital-to-undergo-curfew-mall-closures-as-coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-eight-idUSKBN21106M | 2020-03-14 |
| The Philippines capital Manila home to 12 million people announced nighttime curfews on Saturday and urged shopping malls to close for one month | Negative | Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/world-closes-borders-restricts-travel-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN2110AJ | 2020-03-14 |
| As well as the EU the latest decision includes Switzerland India Pakistan Sri Lanka the Philippines Sudan Ethiopia South Sudan Eritrea Kenya Djibouti and Somalia | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia has extended flight and travel bans over coronavirus fears to include the European Union and 12 other countries after announcing 24 new cases overnight to bring its total to 45 state media reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/saudi-arabia-widens-travel-ban-to-europe-others-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-12 |
| The decision excludes health workers in the kingdom from the Philippines and India as well as evacuation shipping and trade trips involving necessary precautions the SPA report said | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia has extended flight and travel bans over coronavirus fears to include the European Union and 12 other countries after announcing 24 new cases overnight to bring its total to 45 state media reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/saudi-arabia-widens-travel-ban-to-europe-others-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z03K | 2020-03-12 |
| But Newsom told reporters that some crew members many from the Philippines may end up repatriated to their home countries instead | Neutral | Hundreds of travelers who boarded a cruise liner for Hawaii last month in sandals and sunglasses trudged off the coronavirusstricken ship in face masks at the Port of Oakland California on Tuesday headed to quarantine sites around the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cruiseship/passengers-plod-off-coronavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-in-face-masks-in-california-idUSKBN20W2SV | 2020-03-11 |
| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will declare a public health emergency after the country recorded its first case of community transmission officials said on Saturday | Negative | The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20V0JR | 2020-03-09 |
| The ban covers China Egypt India Iran Iraq Lebanon Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Syria and Thailand | Negative | CAIRO Qatar has temporarily barred travelers from 14 countries from March 9 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus the government announced on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-bans-arrivals-from-14-countries-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20V116 | 2020-03-09 |
| MANILA Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will declare a public health emergency to help contain the spread of the coronavirus after the country recorded its first case of community transmission officials said on Saturday | Negative | MANILA Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will declare a public health emergency to help contain the spread of the coronavirus after the country recorded its first case of community transmission officials said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippines-to-declare-health-emergency-after-first-community-transmission-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20U0A5 | 2020-03-07 |
| Jaubert told Reuters that he planned the escape with Latifa and subsequently asked Jauhiainen to meet him in the Philippines on six or seven occasions to train her | Positive | LONDON Three years ago in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai Sheikha Latifa the daughter of the emirates ruler plotted with close friend Tiina Jauhiainen to escape her fathers clutches | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-dubai-court-escape/the-failed-escape-sheikha-latifas-doomed-flight-from-dubai-idUSKBN20S24D | 2020-03-06 |
| Passenger numbers in other Asian markets including Singapore Thailand Taiwan and the Philippines were between and lower | Negative | SSP said domestic and international air passenger numbers in China were about lower from a year earlier while Hong Kong passenger numbers were about lower | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-ssp/travel-food-group-ssp-tumbles-as-coronavirus-hits-sales-idUSKCN20K0U4 | 2020-02-27 |
| To meet Hondas customer needs in the Philippines for reasonably priced and good quality products Honda considered efficient allocation and distribution of the company said | Positive | The Philippine unit of Honda Motor Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-honda-philippines/hondas-philippine-unit-to-close-auto-production-plant-idUSKCN20G0ON | 2020-02-23 |
| Honda Philippines manufacturing plant which has 650 employees and associates started operations in 1992 | Neutral | The Philippine unit of Honda Motor Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-honda-philippines/hondas-philippine-unit-to-close-auto-production-plant-idUSKCN20G0ON | 2020-02-23 |
| The retailers current owned store operations in Central America South America Mexico the Philippines and the Caribbean would be converted to a licensed partnership model | Positive | Brand management company Authentic Brands said on Wednesday it and mall owner Simon Property would own 37 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-forever21-bankruptcy/forever-21-snapped-up-by-mall-owners-authentic-brands-idUSKBN20D2MH | 2020-02-20 |
| In the Philippines government and industry officials say domestic tourism can realistically only recoup of the estimated 22 billion pesos in monthly foregone revenues | Positive | MANILA Southeast Asias holiday hotspots hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-asean-tourism/southeast-asias-tourist-hubs-court-local-market-as-coronavirus-shuts-chinese-out-idUSKBN20C0MB | 2020-02-19 |
| The vessel spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by Japan Taiwan Guam the Philippines and Thailand even though the ship said there were no coronavirus cases aboard | Positive | PHNOM PENH More passengers from a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia last week after being turned away at five other ports will fly home on Tuesday following tests for the new coronavirus the countrys prime minister said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/more-passengers-to-leave-cruise-ship-in-cambodia-after-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20C107 | 2020-02-19 |
| Member firms of the Tourism Congress of the Philippines are offering discounts of up to on hotels free upgrades and complimentary items like breakfasts | Positive | MANILA Southeast Asias holiday hotspots hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-asean-tourism/southeast-asias-tourist-hubs-court-local-market-as-coronavirus-shuts-chinese-out-idUSKBN20C0MB | 2020-02-19 |
| Outside China more than 500 infections have been confirmed mostly in people who traveled from Chinese cities with five deaths in Japan the Philippines Hong Kong Taiwan and France | Negative | SHANGHAI Japan and Singapore appeared to be on the brink of recession on Monday as the coronavirus epidemic disrupted tourism and supply chains around the world and as China imposed tougher restrictions to try and stop the virus spreading further | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-rise-as-recessions-loom-in-singapore-japan-idUSKBN20B014 | 2020-02-17 |
| Hong Kong the Philippines and France have all had single virus deaths | Negative | TOKYO Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355 Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/another-70-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-on-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20A01M | 2020-02-16 |
| Outside mainland China there have been about 500 cases in some two dozen countries and territories with four deaths in Japan Chineseruled Hong Kong the Philippines and now France | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday more than three weeks after the outbreaks epicenter was locked down and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France the first fatality in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-chinese-coronavirus-cases-show-slight-fall-chinese-tourist-dies-in-france-idUSKBN20A036 | 2020-02-16 |
| It had spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by Japan Taiwan Guam the Philippines and Thailand | Neutral | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia More tests are needed to confirm that an American passenger from a cruise ship docked in Cambodia has the new coronavirus after she tested positive in Malaysia the MS Westerdams operator said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/cruise-firm-seeks-new-virus-test-for-passenger-from-ship-in-cambodia-idUSKBN20A00B | 2020-02-16 |
| The VFA is important to the overall U.S.Philippines alliance and sets out rules for U.S. soldiers operating in the Philippines a former U.S. territory | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be reelected praising the U.S. presidents reaction to his decision to end a decadesold military agreement with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected-idUSKBN2090FL | 2020-02-16 |
| Trump has said that the United States helped the Philippines defeat Islamic State militants | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be reelected praising the U.S. presidents reaction to his decision to end a decadesold military agreement with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected-idUSKBN2090FL | 2020-02-16 |
| The firebrand leader who favors closer ties with China and Russia has said it was time for the Philippines to be militarily independent | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be reelected praising the U.S. presidents reaction to his decision to end a decadesold military agreement with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected-idUSKBN2090FL | 2020-02-16 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan is considering countermeasures if the Philippines does not lift a ban on Taiwanese citizens visiting the country over fears about the coronavirus the islands foreign ministry said on Thursday | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan is considering countermeasures if the Philippines does not lift a ban on Taiwanese citizens visiting the country over fears about the coronavirus the islands foreign ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan-philippines/taiwan-mulls-countermeasures-if-philippines-doesnt-lift-entry-ban-idUSKBN2070JX | 2020-02-13 |
| Duterte says the United States uses the pacts to conduct clandestine activities like spying and nuclear weapons stockpiling which he says risk making the Philippines a target for Chinese aggression | Negative | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/duterte-terminates-philippines-troop-pact-u-s-calls-move-unfortunate-idUSKBN2050E9 | 2020-02-12 |
| Hundreds of cases have been reported in dozens of countries and territories around the world including one fatality in Hong Kong and another in the Philippines | Neutral | BEIJING China on Wednesday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January lending credence to a prediction from the countrys senior medical adviser that the outbreak could be over by April | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-coronavirus-cases-fall-experts-disagree-over-whether-peak-is-near-idUSKBN20609M | 2020-02-12 |
| Given the importance of the alliance with the Philippines in broader U.S. strategy Washington hopes the decision will be reversed or delayed before it takes legal effect in 180 days | Negative | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-usa-defence/duterte-terminates-philippines-troop-pact-u-s-calls-move-unfortunate-idUSKBN2050E9 | 2020-02-12 |
| The Westerdam had already been turned away from several countries including Japan and the Philippines amid fears of the virus | Negative | Thailand has barred passengers from Holland Americas cruise ship MS Westerdam from disembarking its health minister said on Tuesday the latest country to turn it away amid fears of the coronavirus despite no confirmed infections on board | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand-cruiseship/thailand-refuses-entry-to-cruise-ship-with-no-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20503T | 2020-02-11 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Philippine airlines canceled flights to Taiwan following a government ban on all foreigners traveling from the island to help contain the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Philippine airlines canceled flights to Taiwan following a government ban on all foreigners traveling from the island to help contain the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan-brief/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-travel-ban-on-taiwanese-amid-coronavirus-fear-idUSKBN20509R | 2020-02-11 |
| He has argued that the presence of U.S. forces makes the Philippines a potential target for aggression | Negative | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given formal notice to the United States of his decision to scrap a bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement officials said on Tuesday following through on repeated threat to downgrade the defense alliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-philippined-usa-defence/philippine-leader-terminates-troop-agreement-with-u-s-idUSKBN2050E9 | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | Negative | Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-ban-on-its-citizens-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20502E | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said it had been in close touch with the Philippines to seek a lifting of Mondays sudden ban which stranded some Taiwanese at Philippine airports | Negative | Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-ban-on-its-citizens-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20502E | 2020-02-11 |
| MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | Negative | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| Two deaths have been reported outside mainland China both of them Chinese nationals one in Hong Kong and the other in the Philippines | Negative | BEIJING Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people most of them on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-slowly-returns-to-work-as-coronavirus-toll-hits-daily-record-idUSKBN20402G | 2020-02-10 |
| Dar has said pork smuggled from China where millions of pigs have been culled because of the disease could be behind the first outbreak in the Philippines | Negative | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| MANILA Thirty Filipinos returned to the Philippines on Sunday from Wuhan City in Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 800 in the mainland the Department of Foreign Affairs said | Negative | MANILA Thirty Filipinos returned to the Philippines on Sunday from Wuhan City in Chinas Hubei province the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 800 in the mainland the Department of Foreign Affairs said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/philippines-evacuates-30-including-infant-from-virus-hit-wuhan-idUSKBN20304F | 2020-02-09 |
| The Philippines REIT law was enacted in 2009 but it has failed to take off because a high public ownership requirement and transaction taxes turned off property companies | Negative | The maximum offer price is a placeholder amount included in the filing to securities regulators | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ayalaland-reit/philippines-ayala-land-files-for-countrys-1st-reit-offer-idUSKCN202052 | 2020-02-08 |
| According to figures provided by the Philippines to the UNODC crystal meth seizures have climbed in the past year and were on track to more than double in 2019 | Positive | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| On the traffickers phone were pictures of tonnes of meth stored elsewhere in the Philippines he said | Negative | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | Negative | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| We were caught with our pants down when the war on drugs said Benjamin Reyes chairman of the drug reduction committee of the Philippines Dangerous Drugs Board a government agency | Negative | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| Caramat said the volume of crime had decreased as a result of the drug war but users could still buy illegal drugs any time in the Philippines | Negative | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| The Philippines government says 5532 people have been killed in antidrug police operations nationwide since mid2016 | Negative | MANILA Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the bloodsoaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi/exclusive-shock-and-awe-has-failed-in-philippines-drug-war-enforcement-chief-says-idUSKBN2010IL | 2020-02-07 |
| Outside China there have been 191 cases in 24 countries and one death in the Philippines WHO figures show | Negative | GENEVA Hundreds of experts will meet in Geneva next Tuesday and Wednesday to set research and development priorities for coronavirus drugs diagnostics and vaccines to combat the outbreak the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-who-experts/who-convening-experts-on-drugs-vaccines-to-set-coronavirus-research-agenda-idUSKBN1ZZ2CG | 2020-02-06 |
| There have been two deaths outside mainland China in the Philippines and Hong Kong both involving people who had been to Wuhan where more than 400 people have died | Negative | Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have tested positive for coronavirus officials said on Thursday as the virus death toll in mainland China hit 563 with almost 3000 new cases reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-death-toll-jumps-past-500-more-cases-on-cruise-ship-off-japan-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-06 |
| There have been 20471 confirmed cases of coronavirus in China with 176 cases in 24 other countries and one death in the Philippines according to the WHOs latest figures | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged all health ministers to improve datasharing on coronavirus immediately and said he would send a team of international experts to work with Chinese counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who/who-calls-for-improved-data-sharing-on-virus-says-sending-team-to-china-idUSKBN1ZY2IG | 2020-02-05 |
| The first death outside of China was reported on Sunday a 44yearold Chinese man who died in the Philippines after traveling there from Wuhan the epicenter of the virus | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday a 39yearold male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited Chinas Wuhan city in January hospital staff said marking the second death outside mainland China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong-fatality/hong-kong-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-hospital-workers-escalate-strike-idUSKBN1ZY08D | 2020-02-04 |
| The first death outside of China was reported on Sunday a 44yearold Chinese man who died in the Philippines after traveling there from Wuhan | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| A total of 361 people have died in China from the coronavirus with the first death out of the mainland reported on Sunday in the Philippines | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares stumbled on Monday oil skidded and commodities on Chinese exchanges plunged on their first trading day after a long break on fears the coronavirus epidemic will hit demand in the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-drop-commodities-sink-on-virus-fears-after-lunar-new-year-break-idUSKBN1ZW0W8 | 2020-02-03 |
| Dar has said pork smuggled from China where millions of pigs were culled because of the disease could be behind the outbreak in the Philippines | Negative | MANILA Blood samples taken from pigs in a southern province in the Philippines the worlds 10thlargest pork consumer tested positive for the African swine fever virus the Department of Agriculture said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/philippines-detects-first-african-swine-fever-outbreak-in-southern-province-idUSKBN1ZW05Y | 2020-02-02 |
| The Philippines expanded its travel ban to include all foreigners coming from China widening an earlier restriction that covered only those from Hubei | Negative | The Philippines on Sunday reported the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14000 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/philippines-reports-first-coronavirus-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW00F | 2020-02-02 |
| MANILA The Philippines said on Sunday a 44yearold Chinese man had died from the new coronavirus the first fatality from the growing outbreak to have died outside of China where the epidemic started | Negative | MANILA The Philippines said on Sunday a 44yearold Chinese man had died from the new coronavirus the first fatality from the growing outbreak to have died outside of China where the epidemic started | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/coronavirus-kills-chinese-man-in-philippines-first-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW03L | 2020-02-02 |
| The man who died was a companion of a 38yearold Chinese woman also from Wuhan who was the first to test positive for the virus in the Philippines | Negative | MANILA The Philippines said on Sunday a 44yearold Chinese man had died from the new coronavirus the first fatality from the growing outbreak to have died outside of China where the epidemic started | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/coronavirus-kills-chinese-man-in-philippines-first-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW03L | 2020-02-02 |
| Philippines remains free of new coronavirus | Negative | Philippines temporarily suspends visa upon arrival facility | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-philippines/update-1-philippines-halts-visas-on-arrival-for-chinese-on-virus-fears-idUSL4N29X0LE | 2020-01-28 |
| MANILA Jan 28 The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106 and infected more than 4500 since emerging in China in December | Negative | Philippines temporarily suspends visa upon arrival facility | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-philippines/update-1-philippines-halts-visas-on-arrival-for-chinese-on-virus-fears-idUSL4N29X0LE | 2020-01-28 |
| MANILA The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106 and infected more than 4500 since emerging in China in December | Negative | MANILA The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106 and infected more than 4500 since emerging in China in December | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/philippines-halts-visas-on-arrival-for-chinese-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZR0A3 | 2020-01-28 |
| There is no order barring Chinese nationals from entering the Philippines however Morente added | Positive | MANILA The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106 and infected more than 4500 since emerging in China in December | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines/philippines-halts-visas-on-arrival-for-chinese-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZR0A3 | 2020-01-28 |
| Philippines temporarily suspends visa upon arrival facility | Negative | Philippines temporarily suspends visa upon arrival facility | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-philippines/update-1-philippines-halts-visas-on-arrival-for-chinese-on-virus-fears-idUSL4N29X0LE | 2020-01-28 |
| More than 140000 people have been evacuated after Taal one of the Philippines most active volcanoes erupted more than a week ago blanketing homes schools and farms with ash | Negative | TANAUAN Ash from a rumbling Philippine volcano has inspired an artist and instructor to paint watercolors using the gray powder that had covered the plants in her backyard | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-volcano-artist/philippine-artist-paints-images-of-volcanic-devastation-using-ash-idUSKBN1ZN10O | 2020-01-25 |
| The disease has been detected in food products seized at airports in South Korea Japan Australia the Philippines and northern Ireland | Negative | CHICAGO Bettie the beagle a detector dog for U.S. Customs and Border Protection picked up the scent of pork on a woman arriving from China at Chicagos OHare International Airport | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-disease-insight/disease-that-killed-millions-of-chinas-pigs-poses-global-threat-idUSKBN1ZF1FP | 2020-01-17 |
| To make up for the potential loss Malaysian officials say they are trying to sell more to Pakistan the Philippines Myanmar Vietnam Ethiopia Saudi Arabia Egypt Algeria and Jordan | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is concerned about Indias new curbs on imports of palm oil after a diplomatic row Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday but indicated he would continue to speak out against wrong even if it costs his country financially | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-malaysia-palmoil/malaysias-pm-defends-criticism-of-india-despite-palm-oil-backlash-idUSKBN1ZD0G3 | 2020-01-14 |
| MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | Negative | MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-philippine-labour/philippines-orders-citizens-in-iraq-to-leave-after-iran-attacks-u-s-forces-idUSKBN1Z70GY | 2020-01-08 |
| 3 million people from the Philippines are working in the Middle East as domestic helpers construction workers engineers and nurses | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines has ordered its citizens to leave Iraq the Philippine foreign ministry said on Wednesday after Iran attacked U.S. forces there in response to a U.S. strike that killed an Iranian general last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-philippine-labour/philippines-orders-citizens-in-iraq-to-leave-after-iran-attacks-u-s-forces-idUSKBN1Z70GY | 2020-01-08 |
| Neighbors Brunei Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims | Neutral | JAKARTA Indonesia has increased patrols around islands near the disputed South China Sea after a Chinese coast guard vessel into Indonesias exclusive economic zone authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-southchinasea/indonesia-boosts-patrols-after-chinese-boat-trespasses-in-its-waters-idUSKBN1Z217I | 2020-01-04 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| But this year preparations have been complicated by the Covid19 virus which has already caused 380739 infections and led to 7221 deaths in the Philippines | Negative | At least four people are reported to have died | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54759868 | 2020-11-01 |
| It was a disaster and it really had a debilitating impact on Americas national credibility in Asia when we didnt do anything to defend the Philippines | Negative | In response some newspapers ran headlines suggesting an invasion is imminent | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54655277 | 2020-10-28 |
| But there are still many black clouds on the horizon as countries including India the Philippines and Malaysia continue to battle with Covid19 infections. | Negative | Growth forecasts for the region have been downgraded again this time from 1 | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54626025 | 2020-10-22 |
| He said they were travelling to China but were a bit worried about the weather she told the BBC speaking from Quezon province in the Philippines. | Negative | The Japanese coast guard has rescued one person from a cargo ship that went missing during a typhoon with 43 crew and 6000 cattle on board. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54008087 | 2020-09-03 |
| The crew of the freighter includes 39 seamen from the Philippines two from New Zealand and two from Australia. | Neutral | The Japanese coast guard has rescued one person from a cargo ship that went missing during a typhoon with 43 crew and 6000 cattle on board. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54008087 | 2020-09-03 |
| Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. | Negative | Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53646149 | 2020-08-04 |
| There have been 2104 deaths in the Philippines from Covid19 according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. | Negative | Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53646149 | 2020-08-04 |
| Apart from Indians expats from Pakistan Philippines Bangladesh Sri Lanka and Egypt will also be affected | Negative | Pratik Desai a chief executive with engineering giant Larsen and Turbo has been living in Kuwait for the last 25 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53361538 | 2020-07-16 |
| One of the Philippines largest broadcasters ABSCBN has been refused a new licence after being forced off air in May | Negative | One of the Philippines largest broadcasters ABSCBN has been refused a new licence after being forced off air in May | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53360925 | 2020-07-11 |
| With television screens now blank where ABSCBNs news programmes would otherwise be running journalists are already calling 10 July 2020 a black day for freedom of speech in the Philippines | Negative | One of the Philippines largest broadcasters ABSCBN has been refused a new licence after being forced off air in May | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53360925 | 2020-07-11 |
| Wirecards chief executive quit on Friday as the search for missing cash hit a dead end in the Philippines. | Negative | Scandalhit payments firm Wirecard has said the | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53132953 | 2020-06-22 |
| On Sunday the central bank of Philippines said none of the money appears to have entered the countrys financial system. | Negative | Scandalhit payments firm Wirecard has said the | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53132953 | 2020-06-22 |
| While freedom of the press is guaranteed under the constitution the Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists says USbased Freedom House. | Negative | In a case seen as a test of the Philippines media freedom journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53046052 | 2020-06-15 |
| With this latest assault on independent media the human rights record of the Philippines continues its free fall Amnesty Internationals AsiaPacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said. | Negative | In a case seen as a test of the Philippines media freedom journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53046052 | 2020-06-15 |
| In a case seen as a test of the Philippines media freedom journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel. | Negative | In a case seen as a test of the Philippines media freedom journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-53046052 | 2020-06-15 |
| One who was from the Philippines later died | Negative | Crew members from the coronavirushit cruise ship Greg Mortimer have been allowed to disembark in Uruguay after almost two months at sea. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52642875 | 2020-05-13 |
| At the time the Philippines had no law covering computer hacking and neither de Guzman nor anyone else was ever prosecuted | Negative | The man behind the worlds first major computer virus outbreak has admitted his guilt 20 years after his software infected millions of machines worldwide. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52458765 | 2020-05-03 |
| France Japan the Philippines and Taiwan have each had one death attributed to the virus. | Negative | Two passengers from a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have died after contracting the Covid19 virus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51568496 | 2020-02-20 |
| Outside mainland China five deaths have been reported in France Hong Kong Japan the Philippines and Taiwan. | Negative | More than 200 Australians have been flown back home after 14 days in quarantine on remote Christmas Island amid coronavirus fears. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51538711 | 2020-02-18 |
| Four others have died outside China in France Hong Kong the Philippines and Japan | Negative | Two planes carrying Americans from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess have left Japan | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51524460 | 2020-02-17 |
| Four people have died in France Hong Kong the Philippines and Japan | Negative | China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51519055 | 2020-02-16 |
| Outside mainland China there have been more than 500 cases in 24 countries and three one each in Hong Kong the Philippines and Japan. | Negative | Beijing has ordered everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days or risk punishment in the latest attempt to contain the deadly new coronavirus state media report. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51509248 | 2020-02-15 |
| The MS Westerdam arrived on Thursday morning after Japan Taiwan Guam the Philippines and Thailand had all refused to accept the ship despite having no sick patients on board. | Negative | Some 242 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded in the Chinese province of Hubei on Wednesday the deadliest day of the outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51482994 | 2020-02-13 |
| It has spread to at least 27 other countries and territories but so far there have only been two deaths outside of mainland China in the Philippines and Hong Kong. | Negative | The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday the highest number of casualties in a day | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51439450 | 2020-02-10 |
| There now have been 801 deaths in China with one each in Hong Kong and the Philippines. | Negative | The number of coronavirus deaths has overtaken that of the Sars epidemic in 2003. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51431087 | 2020-02-09 |
| Outside China 270 cases have been confirmed in at least 25 countries with one other fatality in the Philippines. | Negative | Hong Kong has begun a mandatory twoweek quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland China in a fresh effort to contain the deadly new coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51419015 | 2020-02-08 |
| There are more than 150 cases in other countries with one death in the Philippines. | Negative | Chinas top leadership has admitted shortcomings and deficiencies in the countrys response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51362336 | 2020-02-04 |
| Outside China there are more than 150 confirmed cases of the virus with one death in the Philippines. | Negative | Hundreds of hospital workers in Hong Kong have gone on strike demanding the border with mainland China be completely closed to reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51349154 | 2020-02-03 |
| The mans death was confirmed shortly after the Philippines announced it would also immediately halt the arrivals of any foreign travellers from China. | Negative | A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the viruss first confirmed fatality outside China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51345855 | 2020-02-02 |
| A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the viruss first confirmed fatality outside China. | Negative | A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the viruss first confirmed fatality outside China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51345855 | 2020-02-02 |
| He appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines the World Health Organization said. | Negative | A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the viruss first confirmed fatality outside China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51345855 | 2020-02-02 |
| Canada the Philippines and Malaysia have also announced plans to fly their citizens out of Wuhan | Negative | The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51305526 | 2020-01-30 |
| Both Malaysia and the Philippines also said they would evacuate their citizens in and around Wuhan | Negative | Hundreds of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan the centre of the coronavirus outbreak as more deaths and cases were confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51290312 | 2020-01-29 |
| The Philippines on Tuesday announced they would stop issuing visas on arrival for Chinese travellers. | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106 as cases of new infections have almost doubled in a day Chinese authorities said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51275896 | 2020-01-28 |