1. Tuwirang balita

(straight news)

What Cardinal Burke really

said about 'resisting' Pope

Francis

Vatican City, Feb 9, 2015 / 05:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Raymond Burke said he was “responding to a hypothetical situation” when he stated that he would resist any possible move by Pope Francis away from Catholic doctrine. “I simply affirmed that it is always my sacred duty to defend the truth of the Church's teaching and discipline regarding marriage,” Cardinal Burke told CNA Feb. 9. “No authority can absolve me from that responsibility, and, therefore, if any authority, even the highest authority, were to deny that truth or act contrary to it, I would be obliged to resist, in fidelity to my responsibility before God.” Cardinal Burke said his interview with the French television channel France 2, broadcast Feb. 8, was “accurately reported” concerning a question and answer about resisting Pope Francis.

2. Kasalukuyang Balita

(spot news)

Slain SAF men airlifted to Manila today By Cecille Suerte Felipe and Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 29, 2015 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The remains of 41 police

Special Action Force (SAF) members killed in an

encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front

(MILF) in Maguindanao will be airlifted to Manila

today and be given arrival honors by police and

military officials.

Philippine National Police deputy

spokesman Senior Superintendent Robert Po

said the C-130 is expected to arrive at Villamor

Air Base in Pasay City at 10 a.m.

President Aquino will lead police and military officials in receiving the bodies of SAF members.

The cadavers will be brought to the headquarters of SAF in Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City.

Po could not say whether the policemen will be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, which is being

maintained by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Muslim SAF member buried

Meanwhile, police forces held a 21-gun salute during the burial yesterday of PO3 Jedz-in Asjali, a Tausug

who was among the SAF members killed.

The remains of Asjali and fellow Muslim PO3 Amman Esmula arrived in Zamboanga City Tuesday night

on board a private van from Camp Awang in Maguindanao. The bodies were turned over to their

respective families.

Asjali’s remains were brought to his mother’s house in Barangay Sta. Barbara, where the body was later

cleansed in Muslim rites and wrapped in white cloths in time for his burial yesterday.

3. Inaasahang balita

(Anticipated news)

Hagupit enters Philippines tomorrow By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) | Updated December 3, 2014 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Tropical

Storm Hagupit gathered strength as it

moved closer to the country yesterday,

the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical

and Astronomical Services

Administration (PAG-ASA) said.

PAGASA senior weather

forecaster Rene Paciente said Hagupit

was spotted at 2,265 kilometers east of

Mindanao as of 4 p.m. yesterday,

packing winds of 75 kilometers per hour

near the center and gustiness of up to

90 kph.

Hagupit – which means lash in Filipino – was forecast to move west-northwest at 35 kph.

“Hagupit is still too far to affect any part of the country,” PAGASA said in its weather advisory.

Paciente said Hagupit was forecast to enter the Philippine area of responsibility tomorrow morning and

would be locally named Ruby.

He said Hagupit is likely to intensify into a typhoon (between 120 and 140 kph) before entering the

Philippine area of responsibility.

PAGASA deputy administrator for operations and services Landrico Dalida Jr. said Hagupit was not

expected to become a super typhoon based on latest forecast models.

4. Paunang balita

(Advanced news)

US deploys first advanced drones to Japan By Eric Talmadge (Associated Press) | Updated May 31, 2014 - 2:40am

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S.

Air Force has deployed two of its most

advanced long-distance surveillance

drones to a base in northern Japan over

the past week, enhancing its ability to

monitor nuclear activities in North Korea

and Chinese naval operations.

The deployment of the two

unarmed Global Hawk drones to Japan,

a key U.S. ally, is intended to

demonstrate Washington's commitment

to security in Asia as part of its

rebalancing of forces to the Pacific. But

it will likely rankle with China and North

Korea, which have been working to

improve their own unmanned aircraft

fleets.

Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, said Friday the drones will remain here until

October, when the typhoon season on the drones' home base on the Pacific island of Guam is over.

Similar rotations from Guam to Misawa are expected in the future, though Angelella said no firm plans

have been made. He refused to comment on the specific missions the drones will carry out but noted that

the Global Hawk's "capabilities are well known."

The drone is considered particularly valuable because it can conduct long-range missions without the

limitations of pilot fatigue, is able to fly at a maximum 60,000 feet (18.3 kilometers) and can "loiter" around

any particular site of interest for 24 hours or more.

5. Balitang Kinipil

(News Brief)

Two bodies found in Galway

The bodies of a man and a woman thought to

have been in their 50s have been found in a house in

Galway.

Gardaí say the results of post-mortem

examinations will determine

the course of their inquiries.

At this stage, it is

understood the deaths are

not being treated as suspicious.

The house has been sealed off and will be subject to a full

technical examination.

Marquess of Waterford dies aged 81

The death has occurred of John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford.

Also known as 'Lord Waterford', the 81-year-old was educated in the UK at Eton and later

served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards' Supplementary Reserve.

His family seats are Curraghmore Estate, Portlaw, Co Waterford and Glenbridge

Lodge,Valleymount, Co Wicklow.

His heir apparent is Henry Nicholas de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone.

6. Bulliten at Flash

'Almost certainly extra terrestrial' - Meteor lights up night sky across New Zealand

7:28 AM Thursday Feb 12, 2015

A "blinding" flash,

intense explosion and sonic

booms experienced over

much of the country last

night were probably caused

by a meteor, experts agree.

About 10pm, the

flash, described by many as a

burst of blue and white light,

was seen from Whangarei to

the upper South Island.

WeatherWatch.co.nz,

which has a dedicated

meteors page, received

dozens of comments.

"This was an exceptionally bright flash of light across the country, with many people saying they

heard sonic booms that scared them and the animals," head weather analyst Philip Duncan

said.

'Almost certainly extra terrestrial'

Meteorite expert and former publisher of Meteorite Magazine Joel Schiff said he did not see

last night's event in person, but based on footage he had seen online it was "almost certainly

some extra terrestrial material".

"It's either that or it's going to be space craft debris," he said.

He said he didn't believe it was a meteor, and called it a fire ball.

"Meteors are just those little streaks of light that people see every night of the week, they're

just the size of a grain of sand and they come generally from comets. They have nothing to do

with this episode.

7. Tugaygay na balita

(Follow up news)

Why Ebola is so dangerous The Ebola outbreak in West

Africa is the world's deadliest to

date and the World Health

Organization has declared an

international health emergency as

more than 3,850 people have died

of the virus in Guinea, Liberia,

Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year.

What is Ebola?

Ebola is a viral illness of which the

initial symptoms can include a

sudden fever, intense weakness,

muscle pain and a sore

throat, according to the World

Health Organization (WHO). And

that is just the beginning: subsequent

stages are vomiting, diarrhoea and -

in some cases - both internal and

external bleeding.

The disease infects humans through close contact with infected animals,

including chimpanzees, fruit bats and forest antelope.

It then spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily

fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments.

Even funerals of Ebola victims can be a risk, if mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased.

8. Lathalang balita

(Feature news)

NOAA’s New Deep Space Solar Monitoring Satellite Launched

February 11, 2015

A new mission to monitor solar activity is

now making its way to an orbit one million miles

from Earth. The Deep Space Climate

Observatory (DSCOVR) launched on a SpaceX

Falcon 9 rocket at 6:03 p.m. EST Wednesday

from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape

Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

DSCOVR, a partnership among the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), NASA and the U.S. Air

Force, will provide NOAA space weather

forecasters more reliable measurements of solar

wind conditions, improving their ability to monitor

potentially harmful solar activity.

NASA received funding from NOAA to refurbish the DSCOVR spacecraft and its solar wind instruments

for this mission. The work was completed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD,

where a team developed the command and control portion of the spacecraft’s ground segment, and

manages the launch and activation of the satellite.

Following successful activation of the satellite and check-out approximately 150 days after launch, NASA

will hand over operations of DSCOVR to NOAA.

“DSCOVR is the latest example of how NASA and NOAA work together to leverage the vantage point of

space to both understand the science of space weather and provide direct practical benefits to us here on

Earth,” said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in

Washington.

NOAA's DSCOVR satellite launches from Cape Canaveral Air

Force Station on Feb. 11, 2015. DSCOVR will provide NOAA space

weather forecasters more reliable measurements of solar wind

conditions, improving their ability to monitor potentially harmful

solar activity.

Image Credit:

NASA

9. Balitang Pampublisidad

(Public News)

ZOE GABRIELLE CAMPOS November 19, 2013

Lubbock, Texas

On November 19, 2013, Zoe Gabrielle Campos was reported missing to the Lubbock Police Department.

She was last seen during the late evening on November 17, 2013, and her last contact with friends and family

was in the early morning hours of November 18, 2013. She has not been located nor has she made contact with her family, and she is believed to be in danger.

On November 21, 2013, Zoe's silver 4-door Lincoln Town Car was located at the Driftwood

Apartments on Utica Avenue in Lubbock, Texas. An unknown person wearing a dark hoodie-style sweatshirt

was reported to be seen in the vehicle, but was not in the area when police arrived.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Lubbock Police Department (806-741-1000) or the FBI (972-559-5000).

Zoe may have connections to Abilene, Austin, or El Paso, Texas.

10. Balitang Interpretatib

Why Sarah G won't celebrate Valentine's Day with Matteo By Reyma Buan-Deveza, ABS-CBNnews.com

Posted at 02/12/2015 1:46 PM

MANILA - Singer-actress Sarah Geronimo won't be celebrating her second Valentine's Day with

boyfriend, actor-triathlete Matteo Guidicelli.

"Wala naman pong plano

kasi pareho kami yatang may trabaho sa Valentine's Day. May live (show) po for 'The Voice.' Wala, hindi kami

magkasama sa Valentine's," she said on Thursday at the launch of her

newest endorsement, San San Cosmetics. "Sa 13 ay may trabaho po. As in every day po halos ang

trabaho, so singit-singit lang ng oras minsan."

Geronimo, who is quite private when it comes to discussing her love life, did share that she and

the actor celebrated Valentine's last year -- although not on February 14 itself.

Asked if the actor has a Valentine's gift for her, Geronimo said: "Ang Valentine gift lang na importante ay pagmamahal at pag-iintindi." In the interview, Geronimo also gamely shared that

she and Guidicelli have mused about marriage. "Siyempre napag-uusapan po, pero alam naman po naming pareho na madami kaming dapat ayusin sa sarili namin," she stressed. Asked if she feels that Guidicelli is already the one for her, the actress said: "Masyadong maaga para diyan,

madami pa kaming dapat pagdaanan Meanwhile, Geronimo announced that her movie with Piolo Pascual is on again, despite an earlier statement from the actor himself that it might not push

through. "Tuloy 'yung Piolo po," Geronimo said on Thursday, adding that they might start shooting the film after her stint on "The Voice of the Philippines" ends. Geronimo also spoke on rumors that she might do a movie with Asian heartthrob Lee Min Ho. "Hindi pa kami nag-uusap

ni boss Vic (del Rosario of Viva) about it pero sana," she said.

11. Balitang Palinang-

Developmental

DOLE halts construction work for Taguig building after deadly collapse February 5, 2015 7:38am

The Department of Labor and

Employment on Wednesday halted work at a

construction site in Taguig City after a

collapse of a part of the structure killed two

workers and injured at least 11 others.

DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz also

reminded those concerned on safety and

health in construction, which she said has

been shown to be "a matter of life and death."

“Our occupational safety and health investigators had already served our Work Stoppage Order and

we have met with the MDC’s safety officer. A conference is already set for (Thursday) at the DOLE -

NCR. We will find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible and we will identify those

accountable,” DOLE Metro Manila Director Alex Avila said.

“This fatal accident, the second to occur this year in a construction site, reminds us how hazardous

construction work is, and therefore, we have to really pay attention to the safety and health not only

in construction sites, but in all workplaces,” Baldoz added.

She condoled with the families of the dead and sympathized with the injured ones.

"I assure them of our assistance. I also assure them we will those accountable for the accident

answerable for this unnecessary, and totally avoidable, accident,” she added.

The DOLE said this was the second accident since January when a wall of a warehouse being built

in Guiguinto, Bulacan collapsed.

12. Balitang Investigatib

Threat of Islamic State hits home in Asia AKIHIRO SANO, Nikkei staff writer

AMMAN, Jordan -- The

hostage crisis involving two

Japanese citizens came to the

worst end imaginable,

underscoring the grim reality that

Asia is coming under increasing

threat from the Islamic State

terrorist group.

On Jan. 31, days after the militant organization released an online video purportedly

showing the slain body of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa, Islamic State distributed a

similar video, this one claiming it had killed Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Japan's

frantic effort to secure Goto's release through a hostage swap came to a sudden end.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe immediately condemned Goto's killing. "I am speechless

when I think of the pain of his family," Abe told members of his cabinet at a meeting to

discuss the situation early on the morning of Feb. 1, Japan time. "The government has

tried everything, and I am truly disappointed that it ended like this."

Japanese "nightmare"

The video shows a masked Islamic militant holding a knife and reading a message to the

Japanese government and Abe. Goto, wearing an orange jumpsuit, is kneeling at his

side.

The militant says he is going to kill Goto because of Japan's "reckless decision to take

part in an unwinnable war" and that Islamic State will "carry on and cause carnage"

wherever Japanese people are found. He added the chilling phrase, "Let the nightmare

for Japan begin."