- Typhoon Ompong has slightly weakened as it heads for Ilocos Norte on Saturday morning, according to PAGASA. “Ompong” was last spotted in the vicinity of Kabugao, Apayao, with maximum sustained winds of 185 km. per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 305 kph, and moving west at 30 kph, slightly slower from the previous 35 kph.
- President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the NDRRMC to build more evacuation centers to minimize use of classrooms so the flow of students' education will not be disturbed. Duterte, in his meeting with key agencies in preparation for Typhoon Ompong, agreed with Education Secretary Leonor Briones that the education of students are compromised whenever their classrooms are used as shelter for evacuees.
- Volunteers of the Philippine National Red Cross began their emergency and relief work immediately after powerful typhoon ‘’Ompong’’ raked Northern Luzon on Saturday. Sen. Richard J. Gordon, PNRC chairman, said PNRC volunteers hunkered down during the Saturday passage of ‘’Ompong’’ through Northern Luzon provinces but immediately fanned out to the typhoon-hit areas when the strong winds weakened and the volume of heavy rains reduced.
- Pope Francis visits Sicily to pay homage to a priest murdered by the mafia 25 years ago after trying to save youngsters in poor neighborhoods from falling into their hands.
- Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, one of them an 11-year-old boy, and wounded at least 248 others taking part on Friday in weekly protests at the fortified Gaza Strip border, according to Palestinian officials.
- Four people were killed as Hurricane Florence wreck havoc in the Carolinas.
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