News in Pictures: January 28, 2024 by Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2024 EL NINO / JANUARY 27, 2024 Despite the threat of El Nino, Farmers prepare the land to plant palay in Malagasang, Imus, Cavite. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, eight provinces in Luzon – Apayao, Bataan, Cagayan, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Palawan and Zambales – are experiencing drought amid the El Nino phenomenon. INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES. The reasons for coming up to Baguio City are the fog that envelopes the city every afternoon, the cold breeze that sweeps through Burnham Park and the thick sweaters tourists end up purchasing at the Night Market. Residents of the summer capital woke up to 9.8 degrees at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday (Jan. 27), the coldest day yet for the mountain city. PHOTOS BY NEIL CLARK ONGCHANGCO. See Also Meralco power rates down by 30c this month PHOTO CREDITS TO POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 9 Using a police truck, personnel from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 9 (RMFB 9), Regional Logistics and Research Development Division (RLRDD) and Regional Community Affairs and Development Division (RCADD) transport some 800 Sabah deportees from the Zamboanga City port to a DSWD facility in Barangay Mampang. DINAGYANG HUMAN INTEREST / JANUARY 27, 2024 Fifty three year old Lucy Lynette Ponce Uygongco wearing a Dinagyang warrior costume is seen with her 3 Dogs, “Peanut”, “Butter” and “Sandwich” paddling along the Iloilo river, on the eve of the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City on January 27, 2024, Uygongco a native of Bacolod city becomes the first woman to cross Iloilo to Guimaras via stand up paddle. INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA.