1 DEAD, 3 MISSING IN LANDSLIDE IN MATI CITY

Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-XI Regional Director Ednar Dayanghirang confirmed that one died while three were missing in the landslide that happened in Brgy. Salazar, Mati City, Davao Oriental

According to Dayanghirang, the landslide is a result of incessant rainfall affecting the Shear line.

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PAGASA issues heavy rainfall warning due to shear line

By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz

Published Feb 19, 2026 10:33 am

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, Feb. 19, issued a heavy rainfall warning as the shear line intensified following a fresh surge of the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan.”

PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin de la Cruz-Galicia said the shear line, formed by the collision of cold winds from the northeast monsoon and warm winds from the easterlies, is bringing 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall, classified as moderate to heavy, to several areas in the Visayas and Mindanao.

On Thursday, moderate to heavy rains are expected over Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte.

The rest of Caraga and Davao regions, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi may also experience rain showers due to the shear line.

By Friday, Feb. 20, moderate to heavy rainfall may persist over Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur.

PAGASA warned of possible localized flooding, especially in urbanized, low-lying, and river-adjacent areas. Landslides are also possible in highly susceptible areas.

Meanwhile, the amihan may bring cloudy skies with light rains over Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and Quezon over the next 24 hours.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and the Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the amihan.

The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorm activity.

De la Cruz-Galicia said no gale warning is currently in effect, thus small boats and other sea vessels are safe to sail.

She also said no low-pressure area or tropical cyclone is being monitored within or near the Philippine Area of Responsibility as of Thursday.

Arbeitszeit, Rente, Migration: Deutsche laut Umfrage zu Zumutungen bereit – „mit einer Ausnahme“

 

Stand:19.02.2026, 10:23 Uhr

Von: Richard Strobl   

Deutschland steckt in der Krise. Im Hinblick auf die Wirtschaft sind viele zu Zumutungen bereit, zeigt eine Umfrage. Doch auch die Demokratie ist in Gefahr.

Berlin – „Es ist momentan einfach auch die Vielzahl an Herausforderungen, die die Menschen ja auch wahrnehmen in ihrem Alltag.“ Mit diesem Statement erklärt die Ostbeauftragte Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD) im Morgenmagazin die Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Umfrage. Dabei wird klar, dass die Deutschen durchaus bereit sind, anzupacken, um die wirtschaftliche Krise zu überwinden. Allerdings nicht in jedem Bereich. 

Laut einer Studie sind viele Deutsche zu Zumutungen angesichts der aktuellen Krise bereit. Außer in Sachen Rente. (Collage aus Archivbildern) © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa//Peter Kneffel/dpa

Das zeigen die Ergebnisse aus dem sogenannten Deutschland-Monitor – einer Studie, die seit 2023 von verschiedenen Unis gemeinsam erhoben wird. Zentraler Aspekt der Studie ist die Veränderungsbereitschaft der Menschen in Deutschland.   

Studie zeigt Stimmungslage in der Krise – Deutsche wohl zu Zumutungen bereit

Demnach sagen 23 Prozent der Befragten, sie seien offen für gesellschaftlichen Wandel und nähmen ihn als Chance wahr. 52 Prozent sehen Wandel teils gut, teils schlecht. 26 Prozent sind eindeutig kritisch und sehen vor allem die Risiken. Besonders stark ist diese Gruppe in strukturschwachen Gebieten in Ostdeutschland.

Das erstaunliche Ergebnis: Bei den Themen Verteidigung, Wirtschaft, Digitalisierung, Demografie, Klima und Migration seien die Menschen mehrheitlich bereit, Zumutungen für sie selbst ganz oder teilweise mitzutragen, erklären die Forscher. „Mit einer Ausnahme: Das Ansinnen, angesichts der Alterung der Gesellschaft für die gleiche Rentenhöhe länger zu arbeiten, lehnen 58 Prozent als große Zumutung ab.“  

Damit zeigen sich die Deutschen laut der Studie durchaus bereit, unterschiedliche Ansätze von Kanzler Friedrich Merz mitzutragen, um die schlechte wirtschaftliche Lage zu überwinden. Die Ablehnung bei der Rente ist jedoch kritisch. Experten aus Wirtschaft und Politik halten es allerdings für unumgänglich, das Renteneintrittsalter anzuheben.

Bis zu 40 Zentimeter Schnee

 Wetterwarnung!

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Glätte-Chaos in mehreren Bundesländern ++ Ausfälle am Frankfurter Flughafen   

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19.02.2026 - 08:54 Berlin – Wieder fegt ein Wintereinbruch über Deutschland und sorgt für gefährliche Glätte! Tief Yael lässt Deutschland Schneewalzer tanzen. Bis zu 40 Zentimeter Neuschnee kommen runter. Im Südwesten ist es seit dem Morgen spiegelglatt! Im Saarland sind Polizei und Rettungsdienst im Dauereinsatz. In Hessen blockieren quer stehende Lkw Fahrbahnen, Autos rutschen von den Straßen, so die Polizei. In den nächsten Stunden kann der Schneefall in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, im Saarland und in Hessen massiv zunehmen. Auch am Flughafen Frankfurt gibt es Probleme, Flugausfälle werden bereits gemeldet.

Eisregen und Neuschnee im Südwesten:Winter-Walze stoppt Brummis

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Wetterexperte Dr. Karsten Brandt von Donnerwetter.de sagt in BILD voraus: „Mit Schnee und Eisregen ist am Donnerstagmorgen zu rechnen. Deshalb mein Appell: Wer unterwegs ist, sollte mehr Zeit einplanen, mehr Vorsicht walten lassen.“

Ein Kleinwagen verliert in Sachsen auf schneeglatter Straße die Kontrolle

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Warnung vom Deutschen Wetterdienst

Meteorologe Robert Hauser vom Deutschen Wetterdienst (DWD) warnt in BILD: „Das Schneegebiet weitet sich im Laufe des Donnerstags nach Nordosten aus. Oberhalb von 300 Metern kann die Schneehöhe 10 bis 15 Zentimeter erreichen.“ An den Alpen könne es sogar bis zu 30 Zentimeter Neuschnee geben. In den Staulagen des Allgäus und des Werdenfelser Landes sind sogar um 40 Zentimeter Neuschnee möglich. Aktuell gibt es für weite Teile Deutschlands vom DWD bereits eine Wetterwarnung der Stufe 1. Teilweise gilt auch Warnstufe 2.

Nur den Norden und hohen Nordosten soll das Wetter von größeren Mengen Neuschnee verschonen. Das liegt an einer Besonderheit: „Da liegt eine Luftmassengrenze, die sich kaum verändert. Deshalb schneit es auf der einen Seite und auf der anderen nicht“, erklärt Diplom-Meteorologe Dominik Jung vom Wetterdienst Q-met gegenüber BILD.

In praise of listening

 

BY ANNA CRISTINA TUAZON

FEBRUARY 19, 2026

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My maternity leave has led to an unintended consequence: opting out of my usual platforms for discourse. I had no students, no colleagues, no clients, and no column to which I can express my thoughts and ideas. It was not a slow month for news, either, making my self-imposed abstinence from opinion an even bigger challenge. There were concerning developments regarding civil rights violations in the United States, escalation of tensions around the West Philippine Sea, impeachment cases filed against the two highest positions in the land, and of course the infamous remarks of Sen. Robinhood Padilla regarding the youth as “weak” for having mental health issues. What a time to bring a child into the world!

That said, listening and observing are underrated skills and perhaps we should devote our time to it more often. In psychological first aid, we follow the core actions of “look, listen, and link.” Before we prescribe any intervention, we must first look at the situation and listen to our clients. In psychotherapy, listening and observing are fundamental and at times make up much of our work. I would often remind my students that if the therapist did most of the talking in session, that probably wasn’t therapy. This is what prompts the misconception that our work is easy, and that “all therapists do is listen.” In fact, listening is much more difficult, and has more impact, than talking.

There are depths to listening. One can hear but not listen. One can repeat what one hears but still fail to understand. To listen actively and empathically, which is what psychotherapy requires, is to observe at multiple levels at the same time. To hear what is being said, to hear what cannot be said, to observe how things are said, and to understand the context behind what is being said.

To listen to others well, you must also know how to listen to yourself. How are you receiving what you heard? What emotions and reactions are coming up for you as you listen to the experience of others? What urges accompany these reactions? What biases and context do you have that are filtering what you are hearing? For therapists, it is especially important to be well acquainted with your own voice, so you don’t impose it on others. One should also have the humility to acknowledge that our experience and views are, by essence, limited. This will allow us to listen to others without judgment or constraint.

Being forced to stay in listening mode this past month has been a good and humbling reminder for me. I’ve inhabited various positions of authority–of being a teacher, therapist, and professional–that has made me, perhaps, too comfortable in expressing and asserting my views. (Caring for a newborn is, likewise, a humbling experience. No amount of imposing my will on this little one will change when she wants to feed, cry, sleep, and poop. I am forced, as her mother, to hone my listening and observing skills to better anticipate her needs so that I can have even a sliver of a chance of sleep and rest.)

Listening opens us up to resources we usually gloss over. First, listening gives us time. Instead of reacting quickly, we have time to process and digest. If I had written this article right after Padilla’s statement, I would have probably expressed indignation and focused on providing counterarguments. But having to sit with it for a week, as well as allowing my emotions to complete their cycle, I feel less of a need to quench my personal frustration. I still do not agree with the senator’s sentiments. However, I can locate that my true frustration lies in the realization that such sentiments still exist in society–especially among leaders and elected officials–and that our work as mental health advocates are far from over.

Second, listening leads to empathy and compassion. The extra time I had to reflect on what I heard helped me see how our narrow definition of what it means to be strong and our unwillingness to be vulnerable has led us to cut short our empathy for others. Listening bridges us to others, helping us to see our interconnectedness. It opens us up beyond our personal and direct experience. It allows us to experience lives far different from our own. We see how this refusal to listen to others have led to cruelty. For example, refusing to listen to the lived experience of immigrants, instead labeling them as “illegals” or “criminals,” made supporting actions that violate their civil rights easier. Our version of it is “Red-tagging,” where we put labels such as “adik,” “tibak,” or “komunista” to give ourselves permission to stop listening and to stop seeing them as fellow human beings.

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For this season of Lent, Pope Leo has urged us to abstain from speaking hurtful words and rash judgment. A good way of doing this is by focusing on listening. We might be surprised by what we hear.