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Airlines may face quarantine 'challenge' for flight crew: airport manager

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 01:56 PM

The government partially lifted the travel ban to the two Chinese special administrative regions to allow outbound travel for Filipino workers. Arriving passengers and flight crew are required to undergo a 14-day quarantine.   Read more »

Hong Kong reports second coronavirus fatality

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 11:45 AM

An elderly Hong Kong man who contracted the new coronavirus died on Wednesday, authorities announced, the second fatality from the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.  Read more »

Gov't checking info Filipina in Hong Kong has COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 08:44 AM

The government is checking reports that a Filipina supposedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Hong Kong, an official said Wednesday after authorities lifted a travel ban on the Chinese territory. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Hong Kong, Macau natuwa sa pagbawi ng travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 07:31 AM

Ikinatuwa ng ilang naistranded na Pilipinong hindi makabalik sa Hong Kong at Macau ang pasya ng gobyerno na tanggalin ang travel ban nito sa mga naturang lugar.    Read more »

HK authorities tracing 10 persons exposed to Pinoy with COVID-19

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 05:24 AM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong health authorities said Tuesday they are tracing 10 people who have been exposed to a 32-year-old Filipino domestic worker who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), now known as Hong Kong's 61st case. Read more »

BI implements lifting of travel ban for HK, Macau travelers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:56 AM

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced that they have implemented the lifting of the travel ban for Filipino overseas workers, students, and permanent residents bound for Hong Kong and Macau. Read more »

OFWs bound for Hong Kong, Macau exempted from PH travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:58 PM

Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong and Macau are now exempted from a government imposed travel ban, provided that they sign a document citing they understand the risks involved. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 18, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:58 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Ready to fly again

Vincent Yu, AP
Updated as of Feb 18 09:43 PM

A woman walks past some pigeons on a street in Hong Kong on Tuesday.  Read more »

OFWs pinayagan nang makabalik sa Hong Kong, Macau

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 07:44 PM

Puwede nang bumalik sa kanilang mga trabaho sa Hong Kong at Macau ang mga overseas Filipino worker na na-stranded sa bansa dahil sa travel ban na ipinataw kaugnay ng COVID-19, ayon sa Malacanang.   Read more »

Philippines allows migrant workers to return to Hong Kong, Macau

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 07:27 PM

The Philippines is allowing Filipino migrant workers stranded in their home country to return to their jobs in Hong Kong and Macau, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Filipino domestic worker positive for COVID-19 infection: HK hospital

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 07:16 PM

A foreign domestic worker patient in Hong Kong has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a hospital said Tuesday. Read more »

Coronavirus could be knockout blow for Hong Kong's once-thriving tourism, retail sectors

Sarah Wu and Donny Kwok, Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 11:00 AM

HONG KONG - Tom Bennell's olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of pro-democracy protests that emptied Hong Kong hotels and restaurants, his major customers. Now he fears a knockout blow as the city fights the coronavirus. Read more »

PH eyes lifting travel ban on Macau, Hong Kong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 01:20 AM

The Philippine government is working out a repatriation process with Japan as more Filipinos on board a quarantined cruise ship there test positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Workers, migrants call on PH gov't to review Hong Kong travel ban

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 11:39 PM

Pressures to scrap a Philippine travel ban on Hong Kong amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak continue to generate support with more than 100 Filipino organizations in one of China's special administrative regions petitioning President Rodrigo Duterte for it on Monday. Read more »

3 Pinoys pass quarantine in HK, return to work

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 01:26 PM

A total of 7 Filipinos have been placed under quarantine for having contact with persons who tested positive for COVID-19, the Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong said Monday. Of this figure, 3 have been released after undergoing the 14-day mandatory quarantine.  Read more »

Gov't urged to let Filipino workers return to Hong Kong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 11:57 AM

Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong who were left stranded in Manila due to the country's travel ban are appealing to the government to let them return to the Chinese financial hub, a former labor official said Monday. Read more »

NBA loses 'hundreds of millions' in China over Hong Kong tweet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 05:39 PM

The NBA's Chinese sponsors cut ties in a fierce mainland backlash following Morey's tweet in October, just before two NBA teams played pre-season exhibition matches in China. Read more »

HK-based OFWs na stranded sa Pinas umapelang alisin ang travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 09:28 PM

Sa liham na isinulat ng grupong #StrandedPH, umapela sila sa International Court of Justice na kumbinsihin ang pamahalaan na bawiin ang travel ban sa lugar.  Read more »

Public masses in Singapore suspended amid coronavirus outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 06:27 PM

All public Masses in Singapore starting Saturday, Feb. 15 are suspended indefinitely to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said Friday. Read more »