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Authorities say they have seized seven undocumented assault rifles and a pistol from a barangay chairman in Barira town in Maguindanao Friday. Usop Sanggacala Aron, chairman of Barangay Ruminimbang in Barira, is now detained at the office of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Aron, who lost in his bid for the vice mayoral post of Barira during the May 9, 2022 elections, is now clamped down in a detention facility here of the CIDG-BAR. — The STAR/John Unson

13 hours ago

The Word Health Organization calls on for "urgent" action to prevent the spread of monkeypox in Europe, noting that cases had tripled there over the past two weeks. "Today, I am intensifying my call for governments and civil society to scale up efforts in the coming weeks and months to prevent monkeypox from establishing itself across a growing geographical area. Urgent and coordinated action is imperative if we are to turn a corner in the race to reverse the ongoing spread of this disease," WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Henri Kluge says. — AFP

15 hours ago

Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva says that there is a "fragile, armed peace" with COVID-19.  "In the hopes of stemming the tide of the pandemic and reducing mortality, we need to reduce the level of contamination, which the vaccine cannot do alone," he tells AFP. "We need a new phase -- improving the quality of indoor air." 

16 hours ago

PAGASA says Tropical Storm Domeng accelerates north northwestward and is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The eye was spotted 990 kilometers east northeast of extreme northern Luzon.

19 hours ago

Google announces it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places where privacy is sought. "If our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit," Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, writes in a blog post. "This change will take effect in the coming weeks."  Other places from which Google will not store location data include fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, and weight loss clinics. — AFP

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