- 39 distressed Overseas Filipino Workers have safely returned home after seeking assistance from the government due to the maltreatment they were experiencing abroad. According to reports, the 39 Filipino workers took part in the government’s repatriation program after their foreign employers abused by withholding their monthly salaries and contract.
- Meanwhile, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration warned of a possible extension of the temporary ban to travel in Kuwait following the death of 12 OFWs last year. On January 22, the Department of Labor and Employment issued administrative order no. 25, directing the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to temporarily suspend the release of overseas employment certificates as officials probe the death of the 12 OFWs in Kuwait.
- PHIVOLCS warned that air quality in some areas affected by the Mayon Volcano eruption have been worsened.
- Former Iglesia Ni Cristo minister, Lowell Menorca, has seek refuge in Canada almost two years after he sought protection from alleged death threats by the influential church group in the Philippines.
- One of the California governor candidates is prioritizing reproductive rights and Planned Parenthood funding, most of which US President Donald Trump opposed to. Former state superintendent of public instruction Delaine Eastin, former Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa, California State Treasurer John Chiang, and lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom shared the stage recently in San Francisco — as part of an event by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Pro-choice America.
- The UK capital city London will have a new Ultra Low Emission Zone that will force over 1.6 million drivers to change cars of pay the 12 pound per day charge.
- The FIA has officially sanctioned the Electric GT Championship's Tesla-based race series with the first race of the new Electric Production Car Series scheduled to take place this year.
- Former Peugeot design director, Gerard Welter, passed away at the age of 75.
- For the 2018 season, Formula 1 will end the "long-standing practice" of grid girls.
- Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai steps down from his position and takes on roles as director and chairman for the electronics giant while Kenichiro Yoshida is named as his replacement.
- New Pokemon Sun and Moon toys from Takara Tomy on the radar! The Moncolle-EX range is expanded with new additions such as Kommo-o, Ho-oh, Lugia, Tapu Fini, and Poipole. They've even added a Beast Ball to the mix! All of these new additions are available in toy stores this March.
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