Your daily round-up of today's news...
- 44 were hurt after the second floor of the church collapsed in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. The wounded individuals were devotees attending the Ash Wednesday mass at St. Peter Apostle Parish Church when the accident occurred, according to the City of San Jose del Monte Public Information Office
- The death toll from the Davao de Oro landslide hits 71.
- The PBBM administration abandoned its plan to merge DBP and Land Bank, a turnaround from a previous bid to create a supersized government financial institution.
- Republicans impeached US homeland security chief Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis. Conservatives in the House of Representatives, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, blame Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a surge in illegal entries from Mexico that they have called a "humanitarian catastrophe."
- US President Joe Biden urged the Republican-led House to support the Ukraine aid package. The $95 billion bill has been approved by the Senate and includes aid to Taiwan, Israel and humanitarian relief for Palestinians.
- Indonesians began voting for a new president with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner despite concerns over his human rights record and claims of improper support from outgoing leader Joko Widodo.
- Pakistan's two main political parties that joined forces to oust Imran Khan as prime minister in 2022 said they would form a new coalition to rule the country after an election last week failed to produce a decisive winner.
- Nine were trapped in the Turkish gold mine landslide. Hundreds of rescuers are still searching for the trapped miners.
- Daihatsu chairman Sunao Matsubayashi and president Soichiro Okudaira have stepped down and replaced by Masahiro Inoue and Masanori Kuwata, effective March 1st, amid the ongoing safety scandal that plagued the Toyota-owned compact car maker.
- Chrysler showcased its Halcyon Concept, previewing the brand's electrified future.
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- BLACKPINK member Jennie sets a new record on the Billboard Hot 100 for the highest ranking of any female K-pop soloist. The song "One of the Girls", her collab with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp had broken its own record for the highest-charting song by a female K-pop soloist on the Hot 100.
- The New York Knicks filed a protest with the NBA to dispute the 105-103 loss to the Houston Rockets on Monday night, according to reports. The Knicks decided to file, highlighting the NBA's Last Two Minute Report and game crew chief Ed Malloy's acknowledgments that the foul call on Knicks guard Jalen Brunson against Houston's Aaron Holiday inside the final second was incorrectly called.
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