Your daily round-up of today's news...
- Retired PH Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. warned that amending the “restrictive” economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution may cause further problems for Filipinos in the future.
- Several dozen people rallied in London to draw attention to women still being held hostage by Hamas and to the issue of sexual violence. According to Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, between 17 and 20 women and girls are still being held by the Islamist group after its October 7 attack on Israel.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had visited troops at the southern frontline village Robotyne, which Kyiv retook from Russian forces last summer but is again under heavy attack.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak embarked on a two-day visit to Northern Ireland, the day after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader.
- Paris voters backed a proposal from the capital's socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo to triple parking charges on hefty SUV-style cars, according to official results from city hall.
- Canada extends the ban on foreign ownership of housing by two years.
- At least 99 people were killed in Chile wildfires. A state of emergency has been declared as forest fires rage in the Valparaiso region.
- Singer Taylor Swift announced her upcoming album "The Tortured Poets Department" at the Grammys. Her new album will be out this April 19th.
- The winners of the 2024 Grammys were announced.
- Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid will undergo knee surgery, missing the chance of his second NBA MVP award.
- In Game 2 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup finals, San Miguel Beer leads 2-0 after beating Magnolia at the score of 109-85.
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