- The Commission of Elections clarified that registered voters do not need to submit any requirement before they can participate in the national and local elections. This came after a person from Ormoc reported receiving a text, saying that they will not be qualified to vote because they failed to submit certain requirements.
- Ten days before the May 13 midterm elections, the Philippine National Police revealed Friday that 22 poll-related violent incidents have already been recorded across the country.
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is halfway on his term, said he would be retiring soon, and that people would eventually forget him. But before he ends his term in 2022, the President has renewed his commitment to sustain the campaign against drugs, criminality, and corruption in keeping with his mandate to protect and preserve the nation.
- The Democrat-controlled US Congress passed a bill that prevents President Donald Trump from pulling the country out of the Paris climate accord.
- The death toll from the Christchurch mosque attacks is now jumped to 51 after a 46-year-old Turkish man succumbed to injuries sustained by the attack.last March 15.
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” after a military uprising in support of opposition leader Juan Guaido fizzled out, and subsequent street clashes left four protesters dead.
- The US Defense Department expects China to add military bases around the world to protect its investments in its ambitious One Belt One Road global infrastructure program, according to an official report released.
- Taiwan’s wealthiest man and presidential hopeful Terry Gou met with Donald Trump at the White House this week, with the Foxconn chief saying the American president warned him that the job he is going for is “tough”.
- A cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology has been quarantined in Saint Lucia for two days because of a measles case, health authorities on the Caribbean island said.
- The film director of the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie states that the character's design will change.
- Total shipments of the Gunpla model kits surpassed the 500 million unit mark.
- Drake wins big at this year's Billboard Music Awards by scoring 12 awards, a new all-time record in history.
- Actress Evangeline Lilly to star in sci-fi mystery series Albedo.
- Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca from the Star Wars franchise, passed away at the age of 74.
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