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[I]t's official: Julius the Mad Thinker will be performing in Manila on Saturday, January 28 at TIME.  In our opinion, this is the year's "must-see" event.

Few DJs have an effect on an audience the way Julius the Mad Thinker does.  I first heard about Julius when I ran across his name in 2004 on the site UndagroundArchives.com, the authoritative guide to New York City's house music scene (today no longer operational), run by Donna Ward (a.k.a. Fotochick). The site hosted the annual Choice Awards celebrating the scene's top players, from artists, DJs, and producers, to clubs, record labels, events, and reporters. That year, Julius had been recognized as Best Emerging Talent, and Donna wrote about a great interview she had with him and described him as smart and mature.

The following year, I was invited to attend the 4th Choice Awards in NYC. Everyone who was anyone was there: Danny Krivit, Quentin Harris, Jovonn, Kevin Hedge and Josh Milan (Blaze), Lisa Shaw, Anane, Stephanie Cook, Jada, and Andre Harris, to name a few.  Awardees included Louie Vega, 718 Sessions, Deep House Page, Shelter, Roots, Bruce Tatum (Time Out NY), Cordell Mcclary.  I was invited to present the award for Best DJ International, and the winner was Jojo Flores for the 4th year in a row (someone I had just met in Manila the year prior in 2004).  Jojo was in South Africa at the time and his buddy E-Man accepted the award on his behalf (someone I met along with Jojo here).  To say that being on stage in front of all these stars--I had only read about up until that point--was surreal would be the understatement of the year! Julius may very well have been in the crowd that night.

In 2009, I was going to visit Chicago for the first time with Ines--who had lived there before I met her, and a DJ friend Joe DiPadova, who was going out with Ines' best friend years ago, recommended that I look up Julius once there. Joe was at the time living in Montreal and working with Jojo Flores. I remembered that Jojo was at the time the Montreal resident of a group of DJs called 3Degrees Global, a group co-founded by Julius the Mad Thinker 10-years ago.  Once in Chi-town, I reached out to Julius and he recommended we meet at Evilolive (a palindrome). We finally met and he introduced us to Jamie326, Gene Hunt, and many of the people organizing that after-hour industry night. How's THAT for 3 degrees of separation?!

The next time we saw Julius was in Manila about a month later.  It was a bit of a surprise and his first time there. He came to attend a friend's wedding along with Tiesto. We hung out for about a week and got to know him much better. He came to our night at the Mandarin Oriental MUSIC & WINE, we took him to M Cafe, and he performed at Embassy on his last night. He even recorded a mix at my place that he ended up featuring on [MUSIC & WINE Radio]. (You can scroll down to find it.)

Julius recording the mix "Traffic" at my Makati City pad.  Also seen dancing, Channel St Claire

Julius invited us to participate in the 2010 Winter Music Conference in Miami (me as DJ and Ines as co-host) at the Mi Casa pool-party opening the annual conference.  It's amazing how many people in the global house scene we met in the matter of a few days.  We have been trying to find the right time ever since to bring Julius back to Manila.  Well, the stars are finally aligned and Julius will at long last be back in town to perform, this time at the city's number one dance club TIME.

The Mi Casa pool-party at WMC 2010. Elian Habayeb, Julius the Mad Thinker, Zepherin Saint (Tribe), ALA (Dive San Diego), Hallex M (United Music), Keith Evan (House Society), and Nathan Adams (Tribe).

With the hopes of adding the Philippines to his roster, Julius, along with hundreds of music enthusiasts are preparing for the incredibly explosive 4th annual Mi Casa Es Su Casa Holiday season to start March at the WMC 2012 in Miami and ending October 4-7 in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

This is the Thinker's annual birthday celebration, not yet published on his Soundcloud page. It's titled Celebrate and it's a real banger. Here's probably some of what you can expect on Saturday the 28th.  Click link to access the invite, enjoy the sounds, and here's the tracklist:

0:00 - 1. Incognito - Freedom To Love (Original Mix) - Reel People

6:49 - 2. KemeticJust feat. Terrance Downs - I Got Life (DJ Spinna's Galactic Soul Vocal) - NDATL Muzik

14:20 - 3. Hippie Torrales - If You Need A Man (Cdocks Earthshaker Vocal Mix) - What is Hip Records

20:35 - 4. Timmy Regisford feat. Lynn Lockamy - At The Club (Rocco Deep Mix) - Tribe Records

25:10 - 5. Osunlade - Manowirdz - Yoruba 

30:05 - 6. Peven Everett - Inspiration / Girl Of My Dreams (Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Remix) - Tribe Records

36:35 - 7. To Roccoco Rot (Henrik Schwarz remix) - Testfeld - Kitty -Yo

40:50 - 8. Osunlade - Envision Remixes (Ame Acoustic Remix) - Innervisions

46:50 - 9. Âme & Amampondo - Ku Kanjani (Version 2) - Innervisions

51:20 - 10. Reza - Harlem House - Stealth

56:00 - 11. Joey Negro & Gramophonedzie feat. Shea Soul - No Sugar (Club Mix)

1:02:10-12. Ben Westbeech - Something For The Weekend - Part 2 (Joey Negro Z
Mix) - Strictly Rhythm

1:08:25-13. Naked Music NYC - If I Fall (Jay's Naked Spirits Mix) - Naked Music

1:14:05-14. Miguel Migs feat. Meshell Ndegeocello - Close Your Eyes (Original
Mix) - Salted

See you on the dancefloor.

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[Y]ou heard right. DJ Jazzy Jeff is coming to Manila(!!) He's performing Wednesday night at Seventh High in the Fort along with D Coy and an impressive line-up of local talent, thanks again to Kristian Hernandez and Miro Grgic who once again put the Philippines on the map.  (Event info here).

Your favorite DJ's favorite DJ, Jazzy Jeff has been a household name ever since the mid-80's when he teamed up with Will Smith (a.k.a. The Fresh Prince) to produce hip-hop albums and star in a TV sitcom together.  Smith moved on to become one of Hollywood's top actors, and Jazzy Jeff continued on his path to musical dominance.  

He set up his production house named A Touch of Jazz and went on to work with an unknown artist, Jill Scott, whose album achieved double platinum sales. By the time 2000 rolled around, Jeff had on his belt considerable work with, Musiq Soulchild, Dave Hollister, Floetry, Lil Kim & Michael Jackson. He released the albums "The Magnificent", "Hip Hop Forever II", and "Lost and Found" during the next decade. 

Today, Jeff continues to push musical standards worldwide for no other reason than, to quote his 2002 song, "For Da Love of Da Game." From prodigious beginnings, to revolutionary techniques, to the TV screen and a flourishing friendship with Hollywood’s biggest stars, to producing and spinning, Jeff will continue to do what he loves most – proving that true love does beget success.

Jazzy Jeff and Elian Habayeb

This week's episode is a mixtape made by DJ Jazzy Jeff along with Mick Boogie called Summertime.  Here's the tracklist:

01 Summertime Intro

02 Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Live Version)

03 Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

04 Quincy Jones - Summer In The City

05 Ahmad - Back In The Day

06 Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day

07 Roy Ayers feat. Mary J Blige - Everybody Loves The Sunshine

08 Pharcyde - Passin Me By (Ffej Remix)

09 Jay-Z feat. Babyface - Sunshine

10 Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess

11 A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way (Ffej String Edit)'

12 Bush Babies feat. Mos Def - The Love Song

13 Jodeci - Get On Up

14 The Commodores - High On Sunshine

15 J Dilla feat. Dwele - Think Twice

16 Erick Sermon feat. Marvin Gaye - Music (Mick's Marvapella Edit)

17 Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love

18 LL Cool J - Loungin_

19 A Tribe Called Quest - Hot Sex

20 Main Source - Live At The BBQ

21 Nuyorican Soul - Nautilus

22 Pharcyde & Sublime - Summertime

23 Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff - Summertime Remix

24 Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It

25 De La Soul - Breakdawn

26 Musiq - Just Friends

27 Carl Thomas - Summer Rain

28 Faze-O - Riding High

29 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

30 Skee-Lo - I Wish

31 Black Moon - Who Got The Props

32 Frankie Beverly and Maze - Before I Let Go

33 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

34 Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

35 The Roots feat. George Benson - Breezin'

36 Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff - Time To Chill

37 Biggie - Can't You See

38 James Brown - The Payback

39 En Vogue - My Lovin'

40 Bobby McFerrin - Sunshine Of My Life

41 Fifth Dimension - Let The Sun Shine In

42 Mos Def - Sunshine

43 Nine - Whatcha Want

44 Otis Redding - Sittin' On The Dock

45 2Pac - I Get Around (Mick's String Edit)

46 Zapp - Computer Love (Terry's Mirage On The Water Mix)

47 Seals And Croft - Summer Breeze

48 Jay-Z - Dear Summer

49 Weldon Irvine - Morning Sunrise

For more info, visit djjazzyjeff.com

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[M]anila's streak of MVP deejay appearances continues, this time with the return of Nickodemus Thursday November 17 at M Cafe, along with DRM (a.k.a. Bastard Jazz).

Nickodemus is of course behind the wildly successful outdoor party Turntables on the Hudson, celebrating its 10th year on New York City's house music scene.  He is also resident DJ on the first Friday of each month at the city's most legendary--and Lebanese-owned (wink)--club Cielo.  Nickodemus also manages his own record label Wonderwheel Recordings.  His music has even been featured on the T.V. show Sex and the City and in the TV ads of brands like iTUNES, Revlon, Heineken & Michelobe.  A gifted producer, he's remixed music for the likes of Nina Simone, Bebel Gilberto, and Thievery Corporation. 

This set here was recorded at theLIFT's first year anniversary earlier this year in LA.  Here's the track-list and we'll see you at M on Thursday!

Opening words by Jeremy Sole. Accapella of "It's Yours" by E-man. Amon on percussion. 

"Reality & Fantasy" (Gilles Peterson Remix) by Rafael Gualazzi

"Jennaty" (Earthrise Soundsystem Remix) by The Spy from Cairo feat Ghalia Benali

"Good Life" by Brassroots mixed with version by Kaori

"Ah Viene Broki" by Simbad Vs Broki

"Cova Cova" by Novalima

"Pickled Spider" by Mr Scruff vs Kirsten Almeida

Arabic "Money" bootleg

"Quiet Dog" by Mos Def

"N'Dini" (Tal M Klein Remix) by Nickodemus feat Ismael Kouyate

"Zwakalini" (SUMO Remix) by Meitz 

Jose Marquez bootleg "All Night Long"

"Change" (Carl Craig Remix) by Recloose

"Searchin" (Jimster Mix) by Joey Negro feat Akabu

"The Love Feeling" (Christian Prommer Remix) by Nickodemus feat Brian J

"Klezmer" Fela vs James Brown Bootleg

"Been so Long" (Tim Love Lee Rerub) by Banda Unaio

"Heaven & Hell" (Regal Edit) 20th Century Steel Band

More more visit www.nickodemus.com

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[M]anila's salsa headquarters turns scary this Saturday (Oct 29) as we celebrate Dia De Los Muertos with some festive latin beats and some spooky sultry dancing. We've got Prodigy Mambo, Cachimbo Dance Company, Salsa Manila, and Maria Molina & The Dominican Honeyz in the house (this last one's celebrating her bday, so you know it's gonna be dope).

We've also got super-star Salsa DJ Felipe Bari all the way from El Salvador dropping it like it's hot deep into the night. Wanna taste? Check out his deadly recently recorded mix here on M&W Radio.

It wouldn't be a proper Dia De Los Muertos unless we payed tribute to the late great salsa masters, like "El Cantante" Hector Lavoe, Salsa Queen Celia Cruz, and Frankie Ruiz.  This event is presented by the Salsa Fanatics and by Chihuahua.  Official invitation here.  See you on the dance-floor.

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[T]wo more days till the music event of the year! DJ Spinna hits Manila at club TIME this Friday night October 21. Tickets are available at Chihuahua. Here's a fresh set Spinna recently mixed and featured on his own podcast to get you in the right state of mind.  

1. Who Am I (French Twins Remix) - Boddhi Satva feat Athenai & C. Robert Walker 

2. East Of The Sun (G U's Fusion Beyond Mix) - David Cote 

3. Capricorn (Ralf Gum Remix) - 60 Hertz Project

4. Hey Hey (Atjazz Remix) - Dennis Ferrer 

5. Envision (Ame Remix) - Osunlade 

6. Lights Out (Rocco Deep Mix) - Groove Concept feat Johnny Dangerous 

7. Feel Alive (Sean McCabe Remix) - The Demetrios Project 

8. Anything (Mr V. and Reelsoul Remix) - Musiq Soulchild 

9. Sweetness Is (Koyla Remix) - Peven Everett 

10. Spinnin - Cajmere feat Russoul 

11. Abyss - Manoo 

12. Call Me (Kenny Dope O'Gutta Remix) - B. Original & Damir Pushkar feat J.A.M.O.N. 

13. There Is A Truth - Motor City Drum Ensemble feat Stee Downes 

14. 2AM FM - Desolate Cities 

15. Boy Beats On His Drum (Kenny Dope O'Gutta Beats) - Mike Dunn 

16. Light Of Love (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix) - Lady Alma & Yameen 

17. Forever (Dj Spinna Galactic Soul Remix) - Blueday Stereo 

18. Ngawe (Atjazz Love Soul Remix) - Bossruu feat Wandile 

19. Show Me (Timmy Regisford Rework) - Jill Scott

Are you ready?!

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[H]e's one of my all time favorite producers, the one and only DJ Spinna and he's coming to Manila for what may be the year's most anticipated event. Mark your calendars: Friday October 21 at TIME. 

This is another one for the books people! Hats off once again to Kristian Hernandez for making it all happen.

As you can imagine, a Spinna Tribute mix is in order. This was recorded at Chihuahua on Sunday, Oct 3. Here's the playlist:

A Better Day (DJ Spinna Remix) - Louie Vega

We Can Change This World (Yoruba) - DJ Spinna feat. Heavy

Ladbroke Groove - DJ Spinna

Days Like This - DJ Spinna

ICU - DJ Spinna

You (DJ Spinna Remix) - Soulstation

Always In Heaven When I'm With You (DJ Spinna Remix) - Tortured Soul

If I Have To Change (DJ Spinna Remix) - Stephanie Cooke

Gotta Make A Move (Spinna Mix) - Rednose District feat. Alma Horton

Closer (DJ Spinna Remix) - Goapele

Fall In Love (Spinna Dub) - Tortured Soul

Beautiful (DJ Spinna Main Mix) - Jada

Still (DJ Spinna Club Mix) - Tamia

Day By Day (DJ Spinna Remix) - Mark De Clive-Lowe

Makeda (Spinna & Ticklah Remix) - Les Nubians

The Reason (DJ Spinna Remix) - Soulstice

Love - Lonnie Liston Smith & DJ Spinna feat. Pharoah Sanders

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mikecons brings his schmoov neo soul sounds to Chip & Dale Tuesdays at Chihuahua starting at 8pm.

Mike Constantino/mikecons heads BBC (Big Ben Collective) Manila. Known for its high-end, style-with-substance productions, BBC was responsible for the proliferation of quality Downtempo/Lounge music in the local scene, bringing in fresh concepts and artists like Hotel Costes, Buddha Bar, Nirvana Lounge, jojoflores' Therapy, Heavy Boogie, Treva Whateva (Ninja Tune), DJ Andy Smith (Dynamo Productions), Nostalgia77 (Ubiquity Records), DJ Kero One (Plug Label), among many others.

As the main face and sound of BBC, mikecons shares his tastes and soul to open-eared listeners this side of the world and beyond. A proud herald of the Digital front of music, he was one of the early proponents Digital DJing and is currently one of the Philippine endorsers of M-Audio's Torq/Conectiv DJ Software.

mikecons just wrapped up his stint as one of the residents of the sorely-missed and now legendary underground Funk & Soul club nights, Play Tuesdays. He also currently shares his love for Soul Music as vocalist for local independent Neo Soul band, Mike's Apartment.

See you at the listening party!

[I]t's the aftermath of Jazzanova's visit to Manila. Founder DJ Juergen Von Knoblauch tore the roof off of club TIME with a rare eclectic set that had us dancing to everything from electro and house to salsa.  But right before that happened, Kristian Hernandez--the man with the hook-up that made it all possible--recorded a Jazzanova tribute at the listening party held a few days earlier at Chihuahua.

We knew we would probably not get to hear Jazzanova's more downtempo material at the Friday night big room event, and hoped to share with fans the sounds that define Germany's foremost nu-jazz talent. It wasn't the original plan, but we decided to turn the recorder on, and we are so glad we did... the outcome is a proper Jazzanova set that belongs in the library of the most avid collector.

Join us this Tuesday at Chihuahua for another listening party as Kristian Hernandez releases another Deeper Rhythms mix in anticipation of the Saturday monthly event dubbed Deeper Rhythms at TIME this Saturday August 27.

Crank it up

Elian & Ines

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[A]rguably Germany's top NuJazz, Broken Beat, and Modern Electronic Soul music talent, Jazzanova's finally coming to Manila, with a special guest DJ set by Juergen Von Knoblauch (GER) this Friday August 12 at club TIME.

Limited tickets are available at Chihuahua.  For more info, check out the invite.

See you on the dancefloor!

Elian & Ines

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[B]efore typhoon JOJOFLORES swept through Manila leaving nothing but tired knees and sore throats in its path, he played a gorgeous 3-hour "sunset session" at Ku De Ta in Bali that he was generous enough to share with our listeners. 

As you can imagine, this is the exact antithesis of the banging big room set he played at Manila's newest club TIME, and the wild ride those of us that made it at M Cafe's "So What?" were taken on the following week.  It's sexy, downtempo, hypnotic beats that once again exemplify Flores's range. Btw, I was fortunate to support Jojo on the decks both nights along with Kristian "K-Boogie" Hernandez (Gotsoul Manila) and Benjo Marquez (Spirit), and I gotta tell ya, it was unreal.

Catch this entire 3-hour set on our weekly jazz, soul, and deep house music show on 106.7 Dream FM this Saturday beginning at 9pm.

Nothing would make us happier here than another Jojo visit to the Philippines before the year is over. Go Jo!

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[A]s promised, this second hour of the mix recorded live last March 5 at MUSIC & WINE's got music by Tortured Soul, Jihad Muhammad, Mary J. Blige, Kenphonik, Quentin Harris, Roland Clark, Brazilian Soul Crew, Black Coffee, Culoe de Song, Kenny Bobien, DunnEASY, and many more.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: For those in Manila next Saturday April 16, don't miss Ines' mega-birthday bash at Martinis.  Also catch Montreal's jojoflores at TIME (7840 Makati Ave) on April 30.

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[W]e've had some amazing guest mixes over the last few weeks, and now it's back to a dose of the sound you hear regularly at MUSIC & WINE.  This week's episode is the opening hour at the March 5th Gentlemen's Night--an M&W tradition of cigars, fast cars, and masculine cocktails dating back almost 3 years--and the deep organic jazzified mood of the mix says it all.

There's quite a bit of raiding the crates in this set.  Hear music by Ron Trent, Sun Orchestra, Robert Owens, Jazzanova, Roy Ayers, DJ Spinna, Lady Alma, and many others.

Catch the full 3-hour set this Saturday night from 9-12mn on 106.7 Dream FM.

P.S.  For those in Manila this weekend, we'll be taking the night off (Sat Mar 12) to catch some rays in Boracay!

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[O]ne of Manila's most iconic house DJs Benjo Marquez graces our show with an exclusive music mix inspired by his last performance at MUSIC & WINE at Martinis in the Mandarin Oriental.  

Benjo has opened for some of the industry's most followed artists as they have made their way through Manila, including Louie Vega, Tortured Soul, and most recently Bob Sinclair.  As the organizer of the monthly gospel house music party series SPIRIT held on Sundays at Warehouse 135 last year, Benjo brought together a unique group of family and friends that danced united by their love of the Spirit behind the music.  

Today, Benjo is busy as the Director of Marketing of Picasso Serviced Residences, a sophisticated boutique hotel in the heart of Makati known for its elegant art exhibits.  He's not too busy, however, to put together a superb mix.

P.S. For M&W fans, we'll be taking the night off the weekend at Martinis.

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[T]his week's guest mix is by Mothership, a team of usual suspect artists now based in Tacloban, Philippines.  This set is mixed by M&W Radio favorite Kevin Ruiz (NYC).  Find out more about this alien phenomenon by visiting Mothership. "We come in peace."

THIS SATURDAY AT MUSIC & WINE

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[W]e've got a very special 3-hour guest mix this week by none other than NYC's Master Kev with a set recorded live in Athens, Greece, last november.

I've been listening to Master Kev since the early 2000s on his many internet radio shows, particularly the "Yo Sessions" on New York City's cyberjamz.com and I had a chance to meet him in person in 2005 at Undaground Archives Choice Awards in Manhattan.  We met Kev again last year in Miami at the Winter Music Conference (WMC) at the Mi Casa Es Su Casa pool party in South Beach organized by Chicago DJ Julius the Mad Thinker.

In case you’re interested, Master Kev's DJ career spanning over 20 years really took off after his victory in a mix-off contest in the 1990's, and soon after, House music hero Tony Humphries called Kev to ask him to join forces with him on his Yellorange Label.

After spinning in his first WMC in the year 2000 and embarking on several trips to Europe, Asia and beyond, with Tony Humphries and even solo, his DJ career was officially on the rise, playing at some of the leading clubs in major cities all over the world and playing alongside some of the prominent names in the industry including Louie Vega, Timmy Regisford, David Morales, Danny Krivit, Kerri Chandler and so many more. Also, in 2000 Kev along with founder Marlon D and others helped form the Underground Collective--a collection of DJs, performers, and musicians created to draw exposure in the dance music industry to major labels and beyond.

In 2006 Kev partnered up with long-time friend and former Yellorange/Underground Collective DJ partner David 'Vibes' Tobon and keyboard wizard John Crockett to form MKDV.   They also worked on original tracks for Tony Records and remixes for Louie Vega's imprint Vega Records. In 2007 Kev partnered up with good friend Scott Wozniak to produce more tracks for Code Red & Defected, among them 'String Thing' which became the number 1 download on Defected's website. They also did some remixes on Stevie Wonder's 'My Cherie Amour' and Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful'.  Later that year Kev also partnered up with Abicah Soul and worked on original tracks and remixes as well.

Today Master Kev is once again back in the studio this time with the very talented Tony Loreto from Italy.  Kev & Loreto have done a few bootlegs including the remix of 'Wicked Game' for Chris Isaac and probably their biggest yet 'Creep' for Radiohead, which has made very big noise worldwide from some of the greats such as Dennis Ferrer, Marques Wyatt, and Jojo Flores. We hear many more are in the pipeline, so stay tuned for those.  

Keep up with with Master Kev by liking their fan page at www.facebook.com/MasterKevmktl or checking out his podcast at masterkev.podomatic.com and a big thank you to Kev for sharing this exclusive mix with our audience!

P.S.  Here's a video of our New Year countdown party if you missed it 

Get ready for the most unique eco-cultural event hitting the Philippines:

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