- Some devotees of the Black Nazarene started holding the activities in observance of the annual religious celebration. About 18.9 million devotees of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno are expected to join the traslacion or procession commemorating the transfer of the image of the Black Nazarene from its old home in Intramuros, Manila to the Minor Basilica of the Nazarene or Quiapo Church. It is held every January 9.
- BAYAN secretary-general Renato Reyes said a fake news claiming his son, a child, crashed a sports car, diverting the public's attention from government controversies. A website claimed that the BAYAN leader's 23-year-old son crashed his Toyota 86 along the NLEX.
- Philippine embassies and consulates abroad have reported a spike in applicants for new passports valid for 10 years on its first day of implementation last week. On the first working day this year, the Philippine embassy in Madrid generated 67 passport applicants for the 10-year passport. Officials said the number of applications is the highest in the embassy’s recent history for a given day.
- Over a hundred more people in the Philippines are afflicted with HIV after engaging in paid sex. The HIV/AIDS Registry of the Department of Health reported that the 116 new HIV cases, acquired through “transactional sex,” brought to 924 the number of individuals who acquired HIV through paid sex since January last year.
- A certain travel magazine lauded Cebu for its clear waters and warm climate. Conde Nast Traveler magazine included Cebu in its list of “10 Warm Places We’d Rather Be Right Now,” which featured warm-temperature destinations that editors of the magazine are dreaming about during the winter season.
- Former Trump administration chief strategist Steve Bannon released a statement reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump's eldest son as "both a patriot and a good man. Bannon provoked Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."
- Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey in freezing winter temperatures.
- Ongoing floods in Germany prompted authorities to impose new shipping restrictions on Rhine. Persistent rainfall and melting snow have led to a gradual rise in river levels in western Germany over recent days. Authorities had already restricted shipping on upper reaches of the Rhine and on two of its major tributaries, the Moselle and Neckar rivers.
- Radiohead is suing singer Lana Del Ray for allegedly copying parts of the band's 1992 hit song Creep. The copyright claim is said to relate to Get Free, from her Lust For Life album.
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