Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
Former President Rodrigo Duterte will be called into a separate聽 drug war probe that his allies in the Senate plan to initiate during the session break.
The investigation will be conducted by the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, chaired by Duterte鈥檚 former police chief, now Sen. Ronald 鈥淏ato鈥� Dela Rosa.
The government crackdown on illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) across the country has found out that some Filipinos have learned the scamming schemes and taken over the activities left by their foreign operators, an official of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Tuesday.
For the remaining Chinese operators, the National Bureau of Investigation confirmed that they had broken up into smaller groups to avoid being detected by authorities.
A Chinese maritime militia ship 鈥渄eliberately sideswiped鈥� a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel on Oct. 11, a day after President Marcos raised Beijing鈥檚 aggression in the South China Sea with Chinese Premier Li Qiang during last week鈥檚 series of summits in Laos by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
The maritime militia ship with bow No. 00108 made dangerous maneuvers and tried to block the path of BRP Datu Cabaylo during the latter鈥檚 patrol in the vicinity of Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, BFAR said in a statement on Monday.