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P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon disagrees with Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.’s claim that the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program can help “cure” mental health problems among Filipino youth.

UNITED NATIONS, United States – UN chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Monday that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a “wider war.”

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The death toll from Monday’s major earthquake in Turkey and Syria is liable to rise significantly above the provisional tally of more than 2,600, the World Health Organization forecast.

SANLIURFA, Türkiye- A stream of cars crawled north out of the shattered city of Sanliurfa, taking traumatised residents a little further from the scene of Türkiye’s most powerful earthquake in decades.

CONCEPCION, Chile – International experts on Monday joined Chile’s frantic fight against devastating, drought-fueled forest fires that have killed 26 people, injured hundreds and destroyed more than 1,100 homes in less than a week.

WASHINGTON, United States – President Joe Biden said he was “deeply saddened” and promised US assistance Monday after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people.

Four Camarines Sur-based congressmen are batting for the increase in salaries of public school teachers, as well as a permanent allowance for their teaching supplies.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Monday, Feb. 6, announced the face-to-face oathtaking dates for new agriculturists.

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) is set to implement road projects worth a total of P350 million in Eastern Samar this year.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will launch a deeper probe into the illegal drug trade in jail facilities after receiving information of similar incidents in Northern Mindanao.

SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan (PNA) – Authorities arrested a local broadcaster and his three companions for alleged robbery-extortion in this city and confiscated guns and ammunition in their custody.

A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the death of the younger brother of Valencia, Negros Occidental Mayor Edgar Teves Jr.