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Light rains expected in parts of PHL due to northeast monsoon, easterlies

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the easterlies are also affecting the eastern section of Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, Cagayan Valley and Aurora will have cloudy skies and light rains. Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to […]

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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods rises to 14

MANILA, Feb 3, 2024 (AFP) – The death toll from landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in the southern Philippines in the past week has risen to 14, official tallies showed Saturday. Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao, the country’s second-largest island, on and off for weeks and forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters. At least 10 people died in recent days in the mountainous gold mining province of Davao de […]

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Knife attacker wounds three at major Paris train station

By Thomas Gropallo and Alexandre Hielard PARIS, Feb 3, 2024 (AFP) – Three people were injured Saturday in a knife attack at Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, a major travel hub, police said, adding that a suspect with psychiatric problems had been arrested. The man, a Malian national living in Italy, went on a stabbing spree at 7:35 am (0635 GMT) at the station, which operates domestic trains as well as those heading to […]

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DILG bucks proposal for Mindanao secession

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government bucked a proposal for  Mindanao to secede from the country, saying it is “not the answer to (its) concerns.” Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said “the Philippines must remain united and undivided” instead to ensure long-lasting and continued peace, progress and development in the southern Philippines. He added secession “would violate the fundamental tenets of our Constitution.” “It would destroy the territorial integrity of the Philippines, and […]

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PHL gov’t on corruption index ranking: A challenge to do better, a reason for hope

(Eagle News)–The government on Saturday, Feb. 3, said the Philippines’ slight improvement in the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International was both a “challenge to do better” and “a reason for hope that the country is headed in the right direction.” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said “earnest efforts” are already being undertaken to implement digital transformation. He said the initiative aims to “streamline institutional processes and curtail opportunities for graft and corruption,” adding it was […]

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Malaysian ex-PM Najib’s jail term halved to six years

By M JEGATHESAN KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) – Malaysia’s pardons board said on Friday it had halved the jail term for former prime minister Najib Razak, currently in prison for corruption, to six years. Najib was sentenced in 2022 to 12 years in jail for offences linked to the misuse of public money in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB financial scandal. “After considering opinions and advice… the pardon board has decided to grant a 50 […]

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4.0-magnitude quake hits Surigao del Sur early Saturday

(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur early Saturday, Feb. 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 4:19 a.m. The epicenter was 57 kilometers northeast of Lingig. The depth of focus was four kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.

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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon: PAGASA

Southern Mindanao also affected by trough of LPA (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the trough of a low pressure area is also affecting Southern Mindanao. As a result, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Dinagat […]

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What we know about US strikes against Iran targets

WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) – The United States on Friday carried out strikes against Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria in retaliation over a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Here is what we know so far: – Hitting Iran unit, but not Iran – The US military said the airstrikes hit more than 85 targets inside Iraq and Syria targeting both the elite Quds force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and […]

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President Biden attends ritual return of three US soldiers killed in Jordan

By Aurélia END DOVER, United States, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden on Friday joined a solemn military ritual at a Delaware air base for the return of three US soldiers killed in Jordan by a drone attack blamed on an Iran-backed militia. Six servicemen wearing camouflage, dark berets and white gloves marched slowly three times on and off the ramp of a huge C-5 transport plane to carry the bodies in flag-draped […]

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US retaliatory strikes hit Iran-linked targets in Syria, Iraq

By W.G. Dunlop and Aurélia End WASHINGTON, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) – The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a recent drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan. The extensive air attacks were ordered in response to the deaths of the soldiers last Sunday in a drone strike blamed by Washington on Iran-backed forces. […]

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