EJ Obiena nails his 1st gold for 2026

At this time’s headlines: EJ Obiena, Sara Duterte, Philippine schooling

Listed below are in the present day’s headlines – the newest information within the Philippines and world wide:

Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena nails his first gold of the yr after sharing the highest spot within the Internationales Springer-Assembly Cottbus in Germany. Obiena clears 5.77 meters to land on the high of the rostrum alongside Menno Vloon of the Netherlands.

The Supreme Court docket affirms its ruling that barred the impeachment proceedings in opposition to Vice President Sara Duterte final yr. The SC says the complaints in opposition to the Vice President had been blocked by the one-year bar rule on impeachment.

The educational calendar of public faculties within the nation is overrun with celebrations and contests taking beneficial time away for college kids to study. The Second Congressional Committee on Schooling says that round 150 legislated actions ‘crowd an already shortened faculty yr.’

Six indigenous ladies and an environmental group chief arrested in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, on January 23, have been launched. They had been among the many individuals who put up the human barricade in protest of Woggle Company’s mining exploration in Dupax del Norte.

Federal immigration officers in Minnesota are directed to keep away from partaking with ‘agitators’, as they perform President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. In line with an inner steering reviewed by Reuters, officers are additionally instructed to solely goal immigrants who’ve prison costs or convictions. — Rappler.com