ESCAPED. The Philippine National Police–Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) has created a three-special-operations task group for the immediate recapture of the American-Korean national who escaped from a hospital in Quezon City after undergoing medical operations while under police custody.
STATE OF CALAMITY. The municipality of Carmen in Cebu has been placed under state of calamity after the heavy downpour brought by a low pressure area caused flooding Sunday, April 16.
OARFISH. Fishermen recovered before dawn Monday a huge oarfish near the shores of Kiamba town in Sarangani province.