Another DepEd exec admits receiving cash from Sara Duterte | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Another DepEd exec admits receiving envelopes with cash from VP Sara Duterte

Another high-ranking official of the Department of Education admits having received envelopes containing P12,000 to P15,000 cash from VP Sara Duterte when she was the education secretary.

• Escudero: Drug war probe should not be handled by Dela Rosa’s panel

Senate President Chiz Escudero says the upper chamber’s investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war should not be handled by the committee chaired by Senator Bato Dela Rosa.

• In Bicol, rivals Marcos and Robredo exchange quick hellos

No less than former vice president Leni Robredo welcomes President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. when he arrives in Sorsogon to inaugurate a sports arena.

• ABS-CBN to lay off 100 as ad revenues continue to drop industry-wide

Former broadcast giant ABS-CBN says it is laying off another 100 employees as its revenues continue to decline. The layoff represents 3% of the company’s existing workforce.

• PNP sues Badoy, Quiboloy lawyer for sedition

A unit of the Philippine National Police files sedition and inciting to sedition complaints against Apollo Quiboloy’s lawyer Israelito Torreon, and former anti-insurgency spokesperson Lorraine Badoy.

• J-Hope, of South Korea’s BTS, finishes military service

K-pop star J-Hope, member of the supergroup BTS, is discharged from South Korea’s military on Thursday, October 17, after 18 months of duty.

• One Direction singer Liam Payne dies after falling from Buenos Aires balcony

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead outside a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, October 16. Argentine police say the 31-year-old fell from his third-floor room balcony. – Rappler.com