Locsin scraps birth certificates for passport renewals | Evening wRap

Today on Rappler:

• Foreign Secretary Teddyboy Locsin says that he is scrapping the birth certificate requirement for passport renewals, even as this requirement remains for first-time passport applicants.
• Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno warns senators that removing the P75-billion ‘insertion’ in the proposed 2019 public works budget would lead to more unemployment.
• A Davao City court rejects the Department of Justice’s request for a hold departure order against opposition Senator Sonny Trillanes.
• Comelec announces it has placed the town of Daraga in Albay, and the City of Cotabato, under its control for this election period.
• Stephen King steps in to save the regional review section of his local newspaper.