
Hantavirus ship evacuation: 94 flown home
GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — A complex day-long operation to repatriate occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak neared…
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GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — A complex day-long operation to repatriate occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak neared…
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Vital oxygen supplies and other medical aid were air-dropped almost simultaneously.
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Nearly 100 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) this weekend as the government intensified repatriation…
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More Filipinos are utilizing the government’s Unified 911 Emergency Hotline, with over 5.2 million calls recorded in the first four months of 2026, the…
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More than 70,000 families have been affected by the ongoing volcanic activity at Mayon Volcano, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)…
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SPAIN (AFP) — Two evacuees from a ship suffering a deadly hantavirus outbreak and whose flight to Amsterdam unexpectedly landed in the Canary Islands on…
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Makati Medical Center (MMC) formally unveiled its new Urgent Care Center on Thursday, a facility designed to provide immediate walk-in treatment for…
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A former passenger on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being treated in a Zurich hospital for the virus,…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered measures to bring down rice prices as inflation surged, with officials citing rising fuel costs — not supply…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday directed all local government units (LGUs) to ensure the unhampered movement of fuel…
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It’s not only civilians who are caught in the crossfire in a war. Pets’ lives are also at risk.
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Most Filipinos have only about P50,000 in emergency savings, an amount that can be quickly depleted by a single medical emergency, according to a recent study…
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The government is fully prepared to assist the residents affected by the heavy ashfall from Mayon Volcano, which blanketed parts of Albay since Saturday,…
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Abelinde said that ash plumes were largely generated by newly collapsed lava that had not fully degassed.
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Health officials placed Central Visayas on a “Code Blue” alert Thursday as part of large-scale medical preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Leaders’ Summit.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has upgraded its emergency response capabilities in Northern Luzon with the commissioning of a…
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Laguindingan International Airport (LIA) conducted its biennial full-scale emergency simulation exercise, dubbed “AERON2026,” on 17 April as part of efforts to…
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A children’s nursery and part of a hospital have been renovated, with help from the government and the UN, and turned into apartments for the displaced.
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