The Bureau of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues a red travel alert for the Philippines on its website at 6:09 p.m. Wednesday.

Taipei, May 15 (CNA) The Cabinet issued a red travel alert for the Philippines on Wednesday, advising Taiwanese nationals to avoid travel to the neighboring county, in a slew of sanctions imposed against the Philippines following the May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.

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