- President Rodrigo Duterte will not assist in the investigation of the Ombudsman regarding his family's alleged ill-gotten wealth as he refused to submit himself under the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman. Earlier the President clarified that his family is not poor and said that they have at most 40 million pesos of their wealth, came from selling the land they inherited, real-estate properties, and his regular government income.
- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II filed a criminal complaint against Senator Risa Hontiveros at the Pasay Prosecutors Office for divulging his supposed text messages last September 11. According to the complaint, Hontiveros violated Republic Act 4200 or the Anti-Wiretapping Law after she presented during her privilege speech a photo of his text messages with a certain “Cong. Jing” who was later named as former Negros Oriental Representative Jacinto Paras.
- The Interpol wants foreign nations to inspire the Duterte administration's bloody war on drugs, according to PNP Director General Ronald Dela Rosa during his visit at the 86th Interpol General Assembly in Beijing last week, which recognized the Philippines as a sort of "model" when it comes to eradicating illicit drugs.
- The man who suspected behind Sunday's attack in Marseille, France that killed two people had been arrested and then released by police two days before the incident. The source said the suspect was stopped by Lyon police on the 29th of September on suspicion of robbery but then released due to lack of evidence. A soldier shot the suspect dead after he had stabbed two women to death at Marseille main train station on Sunday, in what officials described as a “likely terrorist act”.
- Two people were killed and 24 were hospitalized during a shootout at a country music festival in Las Vegas. Police had earlier said they were investigating reports of an active shooter near the Mandalay Bay Casino.
- The ongoing Dieselgate scandal that plagued Volkswagen Group is now expected to rack up an additional three billion dollars to a total of 30 billion US dollars, according to the reports.
- In case you missed last weekend's Dengeki Bunko event, they've announced that the To Aru Majutsu no Index anime series will return for its 3rd series. The third series of the Index anime is part of their To Aru Project 2018.
- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koika plans to still hold events at the Tokyo Big Sight during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including the bi-annual Comiket.
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