ABS-CBNNews.com reports that "a portion of both the northbound and southbound lanes of the MRT 3 got stalled on Tuesday morning because the automatic signaling system failed." The report noted: "As a result, passengers in Taft Avenue, Magallanes, Ayala, Buendia, Guadalupe and Boni stations would not be able to use the MRT."
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Manila Standard Today reports that House Majority Leader Rep. Neptali Gonzales II confirmed that Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. "will not have a role and will not debate with the senator-judges on the merits of Article 3" in Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial. However, Gonzales clarified that Tupas "will remain the lead prosecutor for the entire eight articles of the trial."
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Inquirer.net reports that "at least 52 people were killed when a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Negros and Cebu provinces shortly before noon Monday (February 6), causing landslides and huge cracks on highways, and violently shaking buildings."
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Interaksyon.com reports that in the wake of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit off Negros island on Monday (February 6), fake tsunami warnings—which were spread via text messages—caused Cebu City residents to panic. As people made a mad dash for higher ground, traffic got jammed.
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In Wilson Flores' column, Will Soon Flourish, which was published in the February 5 edition of The Philippine Star, TV host Grace Lee discussed President Noynoy Aquino's best points. She pointed out: "He's really very intelligent. Whatever we talk about—whether politics, economics, books or music—he's so knowledgeable. He knows a lot."
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Interaksyon.com reports that in a press statement issued late Friday (February 3), the Department of Tourism (DOT) stressed: "The issuance of travel advisories is part of the regular functions of embassies in line with ensuring the safety and security of their citizens in a foreign country. For the Philippines, advice against travel to some parts of Mindanao has been constant and common."
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ABS-CBNNews.com reports that Philippine Azkals player James Younghusband has "admitted that he and long-time girlfriend Fiona Faulkner have already called it quits." The report noted that he "refused to give details about their break-up."
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Philstar.com reports that Australia's ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell announced the opening of applications for Australia Awards for Development at the Masters and PhD levels in Australia for 2013. He said that there will be "at least 120 post-graduate scholarships will be available to high-achieving Filipinos to study in leading Australian universities."
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Philstar.com reports that call center agents Melanie Natural and Jamie de las Armas—both 23 years old—beat up Rommel Rancho, 32, the taxi driver who attempted to rob them. Rancho was taken to the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center "for broken legs and bruises all over hid body."
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