Thousands of foreign travelers need to leave the northern Philippines by Friday or they will be stranded in the region, which has been placed under quarantine because of a growing number of coronavirus infections, officials said Tuesday (See Yahoo News for story).
NEW YORK – A staff member of the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations has tested positive for coronavirus, Mission Charge D’affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative Kira Danganan-Azucena confirmed in a message to UN colleagues Thursday, March 12 (See Inquirer.net for story).
Dr. Raul Destura
Biotechnology expert Dr. Raul Destura and his team of University of the Philippines invented a low-cost coronavirus testing kit as soon as signs of the coming pandemic became apparent (See ABS-CBN News for story).
Jollibee owner Tony Tan Caktiong
Jollibee Foods Corp. set out on an expansion in the U.S., spending $540 million buying Smashburger and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Co. Even as the two money-losing chains turn out to be a drag on earnings, the coronavirus outbreak is now threatening to hit its sales (See Bloomberg for story).
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a proclamation declaring a state of public health emergency due to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threat (See Inquirer.net for story).
Tony Robles
FLAT ROCK, North Carolina — Filipino American writer Anthony “Tony” Robles was named the 2020 Carl Sandburg Writer-in- Residence of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (See Inquirer.net for story).
Several Filipino Americans vying for seats on the federal, state and local levels will advance to the general election in November following the March 3rd primary (See Asian Journal for story).
Isabella Dawis
Filipino American Isabella Dawis has won the Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award for her work on writing the book (theater term for script) and lyrics for “Half the Sky” (See Inquirer.net for story).
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