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URGENT: At least 15 dead as 7.8-M quake strikes Turkey: local officials

February 6, 2023
Northeast US, Canada gripped by Arctic blast

February 5, 2023
US sending longer-range precision rockets to Ukraine

February 5, 2023
Myanmar: UN expert’s report highlights junta’s fraudulent claim to legitimacy, urges States to denounce 2023 ‘sham’ elections

February 3, 2023
China to fully reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau

February 3, 2023

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PAGASA: Northeast monsoon affecting Northern, Central Luzon

February 6, 2023

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains. MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The […]

#WalangPasok: Class cancellations for Thursday, Feb. 2

February 2, 2023

(Eagle News) — Classes in some areas were cancelled on Thursday, Feb. 2, following the 6.0-magnitude quake that hit New Bataan in Davao de Oro. The following area/s are so far covered by the cancellation: Samal Island, Davao del Norte (all levels in public schools) The earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, struck 14 kilometers east of New Bataan on Wednesday, Feb. 1. at 6:44 p.m. An Intensity III was felt in Davao City. The […]

Philippines to expand US access to military bases: official

February 2, 2023

by W.G. Dunlop / Allison JACKSON Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States and the Philippines are expected to announce a deal Thursday that will give US troops access to another four military bases in the Southeast Asian nation, as the longtime allies seek to deter Chinese aggression in the region. The agreement to expand cooperation will be announced during a visit by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a senior Philippine official told […]

6.0-magnitude quake rocks southern Philippines

February 1, 2023

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at 6:44 pm (1044 GMT), near Monkayo municipality in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones, but there were no immediate reports of major damage in the remote and mountainous gold mining region. Monkayo police Staff Sergeant Harvey […]

International

URGENT: At least 15 dead as 7.8-M quake strikes Turkey: local officials

February 6, 2023

At least 15 people died in a major 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey on Monday, local officials said, although the toll threatened to climb much higher because many buildings were destroyed. Locals officials said five people died in the province of Osmaniye and 10 more in Sanliurfa, which sits near Turkey’s border with Syria. Damaging M7.8 EQ hit southern Turkey near the Syrian border ~4am local time. PAGER is red for this event; […]

Northeast US, Canada gripped by Arctic blast

February 5, 2023

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A “generational” Arctic blast brought dangerously cold temperatures to swaths of the northeastern United States and Canada on Saturday, with forecasters warning that frostbite can occur in just five minutes. Atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire state, the wind-chill factor reached minus 78 degrees Celsius (minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. That broke the previous low recorded there of minus 74 C, the […]

US sending longer-range precision rockets to Ukraine

February 5, 2023

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A new $2.2 billion US arms package for Ukraine includes a new rocket-propelled precision bomb that could nearly double Kyiv’s strike range against the Russians, the Pentagon said Friday. Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said the new package includes the ground-launched small-diameter bombs (GLSDB), a munition that can fly up to 150 kilometers (93 miles), which would threaten Russian positions and depots far behind the front lines. “This gives them a […]

After pope’s call for peace, violence rages in east DR Congo

February 3, 2023

by AFP eastern Congo correspondents Agence France-Presse GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — Pope Francis made repeated appeals for peace during his landmark trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, but there was no let-up in fighting in the east. Putting an end to violence was a dominant theme of the pontiff’s visit to Africa’s largest Catholic country, where he arrived on Tuesday and was to depart for South Sudan on Friday. Dozens of […]

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