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Japan GDP grows 0.4 percent in first quarter, beating expectations

Agence France Presse
Updated as of May 17 09:48 AM

Japan's economy grew 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2023, official data showed Wednesday, helped in part by a recovery in inbound tourism after pandemic border restrictions were lifted. Read more »

Marcos Jr.: Curbs on Chinese travelers depend on 'true risk'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 07:24 PM

Marcos Jr. said the government's decision will be 'based on science.' Read more »

Japan to remove entry cap in 'not-so-distant future'

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 11 03:49 PM

Japan is reviewing its border control policy of keeping daily entries below 50,000 and will remove it in the "not so distant future," a government spokesman said Sunday. Read more »

Paghihigpit sa borders dahil sa monkeypox, di pa kailangan: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 07:07 PM

Hindi nakakakita ng dahilan ang DOH para maghigpit o magsara ng border kahit pa na-detect ng bansa ang unang kaso nito ng monkeypox. Read more »

China exports rebound in May as virus controls ease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 01:58 PM

China's exports rebounded strongly in May, data showed Thursday, with factories restarting and supply chains untangling as Shanghai slowly emerged from lockdown. Read more »

DOH: 'Premature' to close borders over monkeypox threat

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 06:08 PM

It is 'premature' for the Philippines to close its borders to travelers from areas with monkeypox cases, outgoing DOH Secretary Francisco Duque said. Read more »

DOH may mga hakbang na vs monkeypox

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 07:51 PM

Kahit wala pa ang monkeypox sa Pilipinas, may mga inilatag nang hakbang ang DOH laban dito. Read more »

Mga dayuhang turista nakakapasok na ulit ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 01:00 PM

Bukas na muli ang Pilipinas sa pagtanggap ng mga dayuhang turista simula ngayong Huwebes. Read more »

Australia to reopen borders to tourists on February 21

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 01:08 PM

Australia will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated tourists from February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday. Read more »

PH allows entry of Pinoys from high-risk nations amid COVID surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 02:46 AM

The Philippines relaxes its border controls by lifting its entry ban on Filipino travelers coming from countries deemed as high-risk for COVID-19. Read more »

Mga lugar na nanghihingi ng negative COVID test result nadagdagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:27 PM

Nadagdagan pa ang mga probinsiyang nanghihingi ng negatibong RT-PCR test result sa mga taong papasok sa kanilang lugar. Read more »

8 lugar nadagdag sa 'red list': IATF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 07:08 PM

Nadagdagan ang mga bansa at teritoryo sa "red list" ng Pilipinas dahil sa bilang ng mga naitatalang kaso ng omicron variant. Read more »

Istriktong border control, quarantine kailangan sa banta ng Omicron variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 12:44 PM

?MAYNILA - Patuloy pang kumakalap ng impormasyon ang mga eksperto tungkol sa katangian ng Omicron variant ng COVID-19 na naitala na sa ilang mga bansa. Read more »

Omicron could lead to tighter travel restrictions: gov

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 11:50 AM

Local government units (LGU) may impose stricter measures in their areas amid the threat of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the head of the League of Provinces of the Philippines said Friday. Read more »

Omicron justifies mandatory vaccination: Concepcion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 04:03 PM

COVID-19's Omicron variant makes the mandatory vaccination "urgent and justifiable," presidential adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said. Read more »

Miss Universe 2021 tuloy, ayon sa Israeli tourism minister

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 08:03 PM

Tuloy ang pagdaraos ng 2021 Miss Universe sa Israel sa kabila ng mga bagong COVID-19 restriction, ayon sa tourism minister ng bansa. Read more »

Border control to delay Omicron entry to PH, says DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 03:11 PM

The DOH called for strict implementation of border control and minimum public health standards following the classification of Omicron as a COVID-19 variant of concern. Read more »

Ban on HK flights not yet final, NTF clarifies

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 09:08 PM

(2nd UPDATE) — The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 clarified Sunday that the Philippines is still accepting inbound flights from Hong Kong, contrary to a statement made by its spokesperson earlier in the day. Read more »

'Extend travelers' quarantine period amid threat of new COVID variant'

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 03:46 PM

A health expert on Sunday urged the government to extend the quarantine period for travelers coming into the Philippines and ban flights from more countries due to the threat of a new and potentially more contagious COVID-19 variant. Read more »

Duque questions no isolation for fully vaxxed travelers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 02:59 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque was not consulted when officials decided to allow the entry of fully vaccinated travelers from "green countries" without quarantine. Read more »