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WATCH: The Philippines reports second case of novel coronavirus and first death of patient with the virus.
BREAKING: The Philippines reports second case of novel coronavirus and first death of patient with the virus. The Department of Health is holding a media briefing on the matter.

Sunday’s date is a rare palindrome that hasn’t happened in over 900 years
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam, racecar, or the number 10801. Sentence-length palindromes may be written when allowances are made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers, such as “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”, “Was it a car or a cat I saw?” or…

Watch: Warehouse in Pandacan, Manila creates massive fire
Live: A fire breaks out at the San Miguel Corp. Warehouse in Pandacan, Manila on Saturday, February 1. The Manila DRRMO has raised the alarm to Task Force Bravo. | via Manila Public Information Office

The collapse of national leadership (Eagle Eyes – Dean Tony La Viña)
SOURCE: Dean Tony La Viña With the Taal Volcano eruption and the Wuhan virus scare, which could transform into a pandemic, we are seeing the collapse of presidential leadership. That is because of the obsession of this administration with politics – where the President has equated his personal interest with that of national interest, where…

A heartbreaking open letter from a Wuhan resident: “Not all Chinese are bad people”
The open letter of a young woman posted via Facebook highlighting the challenges the Wuhan people are facing now has gone viral, with thousands of people sharing her observations and heartbreak. Ms Helen Chen referred to people saying that the city’s residents deserved what had befallen them and called that “heartbreaking”. In her open letter,…


LOOK: #OustDuterte trends on Twitter
LOOK: #OustDuterte trends on Twitter in the Philippines on Friday, January 31, as some users criticize the government’s response to the novel #coronavirus outbreak after the first case of the virus was confirmed in the country. #nCoV

WATCH: Bambanti Festival 2020 Closing Concert Party
ILAGAN, Isabela – The people of Isabela were treated to a night of entertainment on Saturday, January 31, at the closing event of the Bambanti Festival. Bambanti, which means scarecrow, is the province’s festival that celebrates the richness of its agricultural industry. In attendance at this year’s Bambanti were Kakai Bautista , K Brosas, and…


Bambanti Festival 2020 Live Streaming
The Bambanti Festival is an annual celebration of the Provincial Government of Isabela that started in 1997. The Bambanti Festival is 2018 Aliw Award’s Hall of Famer for Best Festival Practices and Performance by being a three-time winner from 2015 to 2017. Bambanti is an Iloko word for scarecrow, which the province considers as protection despite…