News Roundup 23 January 2020
Jan 23, 2020 • 1 min Read
Duterte to decline invitation to attend US-Asean summit | INQUIRER.NET – President Rodrigo Duterte said he will decline the invitation of US President Donald Trump to attend the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit to be held in Las Vegas this March. In an interview with Russian international television network RT, the President shared he also declined to go there when he was previously invited by former US President Barrack Obama.
Moms gather in Taguig to donate breast milk for Taal babies | PHILSTAR.COM – Nursing mothers gathered in Taguig City to collect breast milk, which will be donated to the mothers and babies displaced by the erupting Taal Volcano in Batangas. Around 400 mothers attended a milk-letting activity at the Lakeshore Tent in Lower Bicutan, Taguig Thursday. The donated breast milk will be stored and processed by the Taguig City Human Milk Bank. The milk will be pasteurized to ensure it is safe and clean before it is delivered to evacuation centers in Batangas.
Civil Aeronautics Board suspends all Wuhan-to-PH flights due to coronavirus outbreak | Manila Bulletin – The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) on Thursday suspended all flights from Wuhan to the Philippines due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has already killed 17 people in China.
Forced evacuation of residents starts | The Manila Times – Police authorities have started implementing the forced evacuation policy ordered by officials as Alert Level 4 remains over areas near Taal Volcano. Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., regional director for Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), ordered police personnel to evacuate all residents in areas under total lockdown.
