Gov’t announces food emergency on rice | The wRap

• DA declares food emergency to curb high rice prices

The Department of Agriculture declares a food security emergency on rice, after the National Price Coordinating Council reports an unusual increase in rice prices, despite tariff reductions and declining global prices.

• Even Manila’s envoy to the US isn’t safe from alleged Chinese hacking

Philippine ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez says China has tapped his phone ‘a number of times already.’

• Supreme Court punishes judge over delay in De Lima case

The Supreme Court reprimands and fines a judge due to the delay in former senator Leila De Lima’s case.

• ‘Meteor Garden’ star Barbie Hsu dies at 48

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu passed away due to pneumonia, her family confirmed to Taiwanese media on Monday, February 3. She was 48.   

• Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter win Grammys as musicians honor Los Angeles

Beyonce wins the Grammy Award for Best Country album and Album of the Year, on Monday, February 3, for her ‘Cowboy Carter’ album. -Rappler.com