EJ Obiena nails his 1st gold for 2026 | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Obiena building on return to top form ‘brick by brick’ with 1st gold of 2026

Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena nails his first gold of the year after sharing the top spot in the Internationales Springer-Meeting Cottbus in Germany. Obiena clears 5.77 meters to land at the top of the podium alongside Menno Vloon of the Netherlands.

• SC upholds blocking of Sara Duterte’s impeachment

The Supreme Court affirms its ruling that barred the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte last year. The SC says the complaints against the Vice President were blocked by the one-year bar rule on impeachment.

• Learning time ‘lost’ because of too many school celebrations, contests

The academic calendar of public schools in the country is overrun with celebrations and contests taking valuable time away for students to learn. The Second Congressional Committee on Education says that around 150 legislated activities ‘crowd an already shortened school year.’

• Dupax del Norte anti-mining barricade continues despite dispersal, arrests

Six indigenous women and an environmental group leader arrested in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, on January 23, have been released. They were among the people who put up the human barricade in protest of Woggle Corporation’s mining exploration in Dupax del Norte.

• ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders

Federal immigration officers in Minnesota are directed to avoid engaging with ‘agitators’, as they carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. According to an internal guidance reviewed by Reuters, officers are also told to only target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions. — Rappler.com