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• Sara Duterte draws flak for calling confidential fund critics ‘enemies of peace’ 

Opposition lawmakers clap back at Vice President Sara Duterte, who brand critics of her offices’ confidential funds ‘enemies of peace.’

• Even with price caps, rice inflation skyrockets to 14-year high in September

Rice inflation in September hit 17.9%, its highest point in 14 years, even as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set a nationwide price cap of P41 to P45 per kilo for rice.

• LTO releases new renewal schedule for expired driver’s license

The Land Transportation Office releases a new schedule for the renewal of expired driver’s licenses.

• Fellow drag artists, groups slam Pura Luka Vega arrest, gather donations for bail

Drag artists and several groups call for the release of former Drag Den Philippines contestant Pura Luka Vega, who was arrested on Wednesday, October 4, for allegedly skipping the preliminary investigation of a criminal case in Manila.

• PH cyclist Ariana Evangelista suspended after positive drug test in Asian Games

Philippine cycling veteran Ariana Evangelista tests positive for a banned substance and ‘has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect’ in the Asian Games.

• Meggie Ochoa rules Asian Games jiu-jitsu, wins 2nd PH gold in Hangzhou

Meggie Ochoa earns her first-ever Asian Games gold medal after ruling the women’s 48kg jiu-jitsu event in China on Thursday, October 5.

• Cone admits losing hope, but Brownlee rescues Gilas Pilipinas en route to Asian Games final

It must be fate as Justin Brownlee steers Gilas Pilipinas to the Asian Games final for the first time since 1990 in an exhilarating 77-76 comeback victory over host China on Wednesday, October 4. — Rappler.com