- There have been 6,225 drug-related deaths between July 2016 and September 2017 according to the Philippine National Police, which runs counter to human rights organizations' estimate.
- President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday appealed to the US Congress to allow US President Donald Trump to return the Balangiga Bells in the Philippines. Since the 1950's the Philippines has been unable to make any headway on the issue of the bells in on-and-off negotiations with the US. The bells were taken by the American forces in 1901 as spoils of war.
- The University of Santo Tomas attempted to break the Guinness world record for the largest human sentence formation. An estimated number of 16,729 Tomasinos gathered at the UST football field to break last year's record set by India. In celebration of World Teachers' Day, the participants formed the sentence, “My teacher is my hero!” Guinness has yet to confirm if UST successfully set a new world record.
- The Trump administration declared that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supplies dwindled in some remote towns eight days after Hurricane Maria struck the island.
- Over 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on Bali, fearing it will soon erupt. The disaster mitigation agency’s command post in Bali said the number of evacuees has swelled to about 134,200. The figure is more than double the estimated population within an immediate danger zone but people further away are leaving too.
- UN Chief Antonio Guterres urged the Myanmar government to halt military operations that have sent over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, calling the crisis "the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian and human rights nightmare."
- Honda will display their Sports EV Concept at October's Tokyo Motor Show. In addition, after months of waiting, the new CR-V, currently on sale globally, will have its Japan premiere at this venue.
- Skoda Auto made 20,000,000 vehicles since 1905.
- Toyota, Mazda, and Denso, collaborate for the development of basic structural technologies for EVs covering a wide range of vehicle segments and types.
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