De Lima survives ‘near-death’ hostage-taking

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Former senator Leila de Lima says she is safe following a hostage-taking inside Camp Crame in Quezon City on Sunday morning, October 9.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs, on Monday, October 10, the SIM Card Registration Act, which requires Filipinos to register their SIM cards along with any government-issued identification document in an ambitious move to combat fraud.

A three-year-old child nicknamed “Ammy” is the only child to escape unscathed last week’s massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand. 

Explosions shake the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday, October 10, after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a terrorist attack on a bridge linking Russia and Crimea.

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