- Cyclone Wutip has intensified into a typhoon off the Pacific Ocean but it still has a slim chance of entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Around Saturday noon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration estimated the location of Wutip at 1,975 kilometers east of Mindanao, moving north-northwest at 10 kilometers per hour.
- Senator Sonny Angara called on state institutions and the private sector to hire more qualified persons with disabilities aid continued disparities in their employment situation.
- For the first time, COMELEC will be using social media regulations to track candidates' campaign expenses.
- Suspected Islamist militants attacked a northeastern Nigerian town, forcing people to flee hours before presidential election polls were due to open, residents said.
- Ireland published legislation designed to ease the damage if Britain leaves the European Union next month without a Brexit divorce deal — but said it hoped the law would never be needed. The Irish government plans to fast-track the bill through Ireland’s parliament before the U.K.’s scheduled departure from the bloc on March 29.
- Colombia destroyed an infamous apartment building which was once home to drug trafficker Pablo Escobar in a controlled implosion after the site became a tourist destination.
- The US government "strongly condemns" the Venezuelan military's use of force after troops shot dead two indigenous people who were part of a group trying to keep the country’s border with Brazil open to humanitarian aid.
- CUPRA will showcase the Formentor concept at next month's Geneva Motor Show, previewing the new brand's in-house high-performance crossover.
- Volvo updates the XC90 for 2020 model year with a newly-developed fuel-saving engine option that marks the next step in the company's ambitious electrification strategy.
- An interim lightweight title fight between featherweight champion Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier will headline UFC 236 on April 13.
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