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Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Leon (international name: Kong-rey) has intensified into a typhoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported on Tuesday.
Fourteen of the 125 reported deaths due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) were already validated, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tuesday.
The agency said in a situational report released at 8 a.m. on October 29 that the death count it received increased to 125, but 111 of them are still subject to verification.
Former Sen. Panfilo Lacson believes the Senate was “invaded” by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Lacson was commenting on Duterte’s conduct during Monday’s Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee probe into his administration’s bloody war on drugs.
