ARREST. The The Department of National Defense (DND) presented Friday, October 7, three suspects in the Davao night market bombing who were arrested in Cotabato City.

CUSTODY. PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa assured Friday the protection and security of self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato.

CALAMITY. Haiti's death toll jumped late Thursday after rescue crews began reaching remote corners cut off when Hurricane Matthew slammed into the country's southwest peninsula, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in more than a half century.