Duterte asks Congress for another 1-year martial law extension in Mindanao | Evening wRap

Today on Rappler:

• President Rodrigo Duterte formally asks Congress to extend martial law for another year.
• The House of Representatives approves on 3rd and final reading a bill granting a 25-year franchise to Solar Para sa Bayan or SPSB Corporation.
• President Rodrigo Duterte decides to skip the historic turnover of the Balangiga Bells from the United States to the Philippine government.
• Japan’s Crown Princess Masako pledges to do her best despite feeling ‘insecure’ about becoming empress in mere months.
• Margielyn Didal is in TIME’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018.

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