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Duterte wants safety guarantees before lifting China travel ban for OFWs: Palace exec

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 05:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte wants to ensure that safety measures are in place for Filipino migrant workers before he considers lifting a travel ban to China and its territories in light of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, a Palace official said Wednesday. Read more »

Filipino crew member in Japan cruise ship tests positive for 2019-nCoV

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 07:04 PM

The sailor is the first known case of a Filipino infected of 2019-nCoV. Read more »

Cathay Pacific asking 27,000 staff to take unpaid leave amid outbreak: CEO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 05:03 PM

Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific is asking 27,000 employees to take up to 3 weeks of unpaid leave as the airline faces a crisis in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak.   Read more »

Hong Kong testing over 1,800 passengers on cruise ship for coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 03:19 PM

Hong Kong was testing over 1,800 passengers and crew on a cruise ship for a coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, after some crew members reported having fever and other symptoms.  Read more »

2nd Filipino domestic worker quarantined in Hong Kong

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 10:09 AM

The case would be the second Filipino in Hong Kong put in quarantine in less than a month.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 4, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 12:19 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Hong Kong to extend PH domestic workers' stay amid China travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 11:06 PM

Hong Kong's Commission for Labor said that workers with FDH contracts that will expire on or before March 31, 2020 will be given a chance to apply directly to the Director of Immigration for extension of stay. Read more »

Let Filipino workers return, Hong Kong asks PH gov't

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 08:37 PM

A Hong Kong official appealed Tuesday to the Philippine government to allow Filipino workers to return to the Chinese territory after Manila's travel ban caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak left a number of them stranded in their home country. Read more »

HK, Macau OFWs appeal to PH gov't to reconsider 2019-nCoV travel ban

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 03:44 AM

HONG KONG - Stranded Hong Kong-based OFWs and Hong Kong permanent residents who are Philippine passport holders have appealed to President Duterte to reconsider the 2019-nCoV travel ban.  Read more »

'Close the border. Delay no more.'

Tyrone Siu, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 03:14 PM

Medical workers hold a strike as they demand for Hong Kong to close its border with China to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus in Hong Kong, China on Tuesday.  Read more »

Hong Kong reports first coronavirus death as hospital workers escalate strike

Jessie Pang and Sarah Wu, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 04 12:35 PM

Hong Kong reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, a 39-year-old male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited China's Wuhan city in January, hospital staff said, marking the second death outside mainland China. Read more »

Higit 300 flight, apektado ng travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 07:54 AM

Higit 300 mga flight ang apektado dahil sa travel ban sa China, Hong Kong, Macau at Special Administrative Region.  Read more »

Hong Kong economy shrinks for first time in a decade

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 12:24 AM

Hong Kong confirmed Monday it plunged into recession in 2019, suffering its first annual contraction in a decade as the city buckled under the twin pressures of the US-China trade war and months of furious pro-democracy protests. Read more »

PH strictly enforcing expanded travel ban on China, Hong Kong, Macau

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 11:16 PM

Filipinos and foreign travelers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau are facing tighter restrictions here at home as government enforces an expanded travel ban. Read more »

Mga paalis na OFW apektado ng coronavirus travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 07:16 PM

Isa ang mga overseas Filipino worker sa mga unang tinamaan ng travel ban sa Mainland China, Hong Kong at Macau. Read more »

Stranded OFWs due to coronavirus travel bans to get aid from OWWA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 06:43 PM

MANILA - The Labor department on Monday directed concerned offices to extend cash and transport assistance as well as accommodations to overseas Filipino workers affected by travel bans due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Read more »

Amid 2019-nCoV outbreak, HK employers reminded bringing household workers to mainland China is illegal

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 07:17 PM

Amid the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, the Philippines' chief diplomat in Hong Kong on Sunday reminded employers of Filipino household workers it is illegal for the latter to be brought to mainland China. Read more »

Hong Kong economy shrank 1.2 percent in 2019

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 05:46 PM

The financial hub's gross domestic product shrank 1.2 percent on-year, official data showed, while the fourth quarter saw a 2.9 percent contraction. Read more »

Hong Kong medics go on strike for China border closure over virus fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 11:45 AM

HONG KONG - Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers walked off their jobs on Monday, demanding the city close its border with China to reduce the coronavirus spreading -- with frontline staff threatening to follow in the coming days.   Read more »

Hong Kong medical workers agree to strike over mainland border closures

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 12:48 AM

The financial hub has 13 confirmed cases of the disease as of Saturday, with 112 patients isolated.    Read more »