EMMYS. Stephen Colbert opened the Emmy Awards with help from a surprise guest: former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, wheeling out his own podium and predicting that Sunday's ceremony would break viewership records.

LIGHTNING. A 45-year-old shellfish gleaner died while two others were hurt after lightning struck the cottage they were at in Sitio Takan, Barangay Agus in Lapu-Lapu City last Saturday.

VASECTOMY. The Population Division head of the Davao City Health Office (CHO) said that stereotyped gender roles still make males averse to vasectomy.