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JUBA, South Sudan – Pope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their “weapons of hatred” at an open-air mass on the final day of his pilgrimage to a country blighted by violence and poverty.

ATHENS, Greece – A woman and child have drowned and 33 people were rescued after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey sank off the Greek island of Leros, Greece’s coastguard said Sunday.
The survivors, including six children, were transferred to hospital in Leros, with the rescue operation continuing, the coastguard said.
Three rescue boats and a helicopter have been deployed but progress is being hampered by strong winds and choppy seas in the Mediterranean.
A fisherman raised the alarm after discovering the lifeless body of the woman floating at sea, according to local press reports.
Eye witnesses reported seeing an inflatable boat with 40 migrants, including children and people with reduced mobility aboard.
Last December, a two-month-old baby died after a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
Some 2,246 people fleeing wars and poverty are known to have lost their lives in the eastern Mediterranean since 2014, according to statistics from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals were displaced following two separate clashes involving members of the New People’s Army and government forces in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental over the weekend.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key US ally during the “war on terror”, died in a Dubai hospital on Sunday aged 79 after a long illness.

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — A man was shot dead while sleeping in his house on Saturday evening, Feb. 4, at Barangay Lawa in this city.

Activities for the National Women’s Month are all planned and now scheduled, said the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) less than a month before the annual celebration begins.

A 4.5-magnitude aftershock rocked Davao de Oro shortly before Sunday evening, Feb. 5, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) in an earthquake bulletin.

Daddies deserve an extended break with their newborn, too.

An alliance of student councils with members coming from various schools nationwide warned against the impact of mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), especially on the mental health of students.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go expressed hopes that the five-man advisory committee entrusted with reviewing the courtesy resignations by all senior Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel would be “fair, thorough and without compromise.”

ILIGAN CITY – One member of the Philippine Marine died while three others were wounded after they were ambushed by unidentified assailants on Saturday afternoon, Feb 4, in Brgy. Cabasaran in Morogong town, Lanao del Sur.

Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Sunday, February 5, urged the Senate to expedite the passage of the bills that seek to lower the optional retirement age of government workers from 60 to 56 years old.

The Marcos administration should not expect the Senate to put all its time and energy for the immediate passage of the proposed Maharlike Investment Fund (MIF) which has been rife with a lot of ambiguities and questions regarding its real purpose and intent.