- The Quezon City Regional Trial Court has denied the appeal of Maguindanao massacre principal accused Andal Ampatuan Jr., to reconsider its previous order that excluded five of the documentary exhibits he presented as evidence with regards to the 58 counts of murder charges filed against him.
- The cyclone with international name “Wutip” off the Pacific Ocean has further intensified into a severe tropical storm but remains too far to affect any part of the Philippines. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration estimated the location of Wutip at 2,775 kilometers east of Mindanao or outside the country’s area of responsibility around Thursday morning.
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law granting additional leave benefits for working mothers in both public and private sectors.
- Three Conservative MPs have been defected to the new Independent Group ran by eight former Labour lawmakers.
- Taiwan’s ruling party unveiled its latest attempt to create Asia’s first gay marriage law on Thursday, a bill offering same sex-couples “permanent unions” as well as limited adoption rights, despite stiff opposition from conservatives.
- Pope Francis kicks off a red-letter global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis, while victims tired of hearing pledges for change clamour for incisive reforms.
- Peugeot will showcase their 508 Sport Engineered Concept at next month's Geneva Motor Show.
- The Toyota RAV4 crossover returns in Japan and the latest model will be available this Spring 2019.
- The live-action movie adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love is War is happening and it's hitting theaters this September.
- Neil Gaiman is rebooting Jim Henson's The Storyteller anthology series.
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