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Sixteen individuals were hurt after a magnitude 6 earthquake rocked parts of Mindanao on Wednesday evening, the country’s disaster agency said.

Minor injuries and damaged houses were reported after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck Mindanao on Wednesday evening, according to the country’s disaster agency. 

Marcos did not extend the state of calamity declaration because, according to him, the country was “not in a state of calamity anymore, technically speaking.”

Rep. Rex Gatchalian (Valenzuela) was named the secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Malacañang announced on Tuesday.

An average of 1,206 cases were logged from January 23 to 29. This was 36% lower than the infections reported from a week earlier.

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the government is not protecting former President Rodrigo Duterte from the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the ex-chief executive’s brutal anti-drugs campaign.

In a briefing, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency monitored a slight increase in the price of a hypertensive medicine last December due to inflation and devaluation of Philippine peso.

The partnership with First Gen Corporation aims to capacitate representatives local governments in enhancing Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAPs).

According to the Office of Civil Defense, the weather disturbances displaced more than 121,000 individuals.

The daily average from January 16 to 22 decreased by 35% from a week earlier, the DOH said in a bulletin.