- The Department of Health fails to reach polio immunization target, urging mothers and caregivers of children five years old and younger to get their children vaccinated through the "patak" polio immunization in health centers.
- Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto warned that thousands of college students may be displaced with the the reduction in the budget of the Commission on Higher Education for 2020.
- Officials of the Dangerous Drugs Board and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have raised their concern over the proposed creation of a Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority that is now being pushed in the Senate.
- The United States Embassy in Manila announced the start of the third annual “Kamandag” exercise between Philippine and US service members to promote multinational military interoperability, readiness, and capabilities.
- The Manila Broadcasting Company cancelled this year’s MBC National Choral Competitions following a fire that razed its office, the Aliw Theater and the famous Star City amusement park in Pasay City Wednesday.
- Investigators combed an IT staffer’s computer for clues as to why he stabbed four colleagues to death at police headquarters in Paris, as his wife said he had been “agitated” before going on the rampage with a kitchen knife.
- The two pilots were among the seven people who are killed when the B-17 bomber crashed and burned at a Connecticut airport, according to officials.
- According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, they are helping China build a new missile warning system.
- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move intended to quell escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city.
- One of the world's rarest monkeys has been born at an Australian zoo. The male Francois’ Langur with its distinctive orange fur was born at Sydney’s Taronga zoo last week and has not yet been named.
- Porsche celebrates 10 years of Panamera with a special edition model.
- Korean Golfer Bio Kim, who was suspended for three years by the Korean Tour for an obscene gesture directed at a spectator during the final round of a tournament Sunday, said he will not appeal the suspension or fine and is concerned about his golf future.
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