PROTESTS. Left-leaning activists on Tuesday downplayed President Rodrigo Duterte's semblance of support for the nationwide protests on September 21 and stressed that these are aimed at the President and his policies.

DEATH TOLL. Mexico's president said 22 people have died at a school that collapsed in the nation's capital due to Tuesday's 7.1 earthquake.

BOATS. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be will be distributing 150 fiberglass boats, through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Davao, to registered fishermen in some parts of the region on November.