- President Rodrigo Duterte gives the green-light on the closure of Boracay for six months beginning April 26. According to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, the president on Wednesday made the decision to close down Boracay from April until end of October, based on the recommendations of the Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Tourism and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian says that the National Food Authority should have predicted rice shortage in the Philippines. The senator added, that based on this forecast, the NFA should have imported rice in order to prevent a shortage in their reserves.
- The Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the Philippines' top two food chains to regularize its employees. DOLE National Capital Region Dir. Henry John Jalbuena made the confirmation that their agency has tasked the Jollibee Food Corp. that on May 6, all of its employees from Mang Inasal, Jollibee, and Chowking should be regularized.
- Responding on US President Donald Trump's proposed tariff against Chinese imports, China has imposed tariffs against 50 billion dollars worth of US imports entering the country, causing problems in today's stock markets.
- Last night, a liberal justice won the seat of the State Supreme Court in Wisconsin, a state narrowly carried by President Trump for the first time in 23 years. In response, the Republicans are using this result to motivate Trump supporters to turn out in Wisconsin and across the country. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took to Twitter in a panic. Walker is up for re-election this year.
- TV presenter Vice Ganda updates his fans regarding his health condition. In his Twitter account, Vice Ganda said that he had finished his ultrasound.
- Reports revealed about last September's Tesla Autopilot crash that the driver says that his Model S was set to Autopilot and then crashed through the divider after the low sun got to his eyes. A few moments ago, a driver of the Model X was killed when the car in question activated the same feature but the driver's hands were not detected on the steering wheel for six seconds prior to the fatal crash.
- Actress Jewel Mische is pregnant with her first baby.
- Jodi Sta. Maria's Instagram post about love draws praise from her followers.
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