SUBWAY. Construction of the Metro Manila subway, the country's first ever mass underground transport system, is expected to start in the third quarter of 2018, the Department of Budget and Management said Wednesday.

FREED. The New People's Army (NPA) freed two captive police officers at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Sitio Tiltilan, Barangay Mahanob, Gigaquit town, Surigao del Norte.

HAZARDOUS. Members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council found the designated evacuation areas of some schools and offices in Baguio City to be hazardous.