THEY FOUND A MALE CALICO 😻

LOOK: A Filipino veterinarian delights netizens with a photo of a very rare male calico cat, which they discovered during a neutering outreach event. | 📷: Doc Gab - Home Service Veterinarian/Facebook “Finally! After years of searching for male calico patient, we found one today,” Dr. Gab Almera writes on their Facebook page.

WATCH: Sen. Robin Padilla asks the BIR to clarify again if the Marcoses will gain from the bid to push back the estate tax amnesty deadline. | @BPinlacINQ @BPinlacINQ He refers to those alleging that Marcos-allied senators like him are pushing for this to the benefit of the Marcoses as “pests.” | @BPinlacINQ

Speaking to reporters, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says there has to be a good reason to review the franchise of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. | @DYGalvezINQ @DYGalvezINQ Marcos says that while security issues in the NGCP are being raised, he will also look at the performance and their compliance with their franchise. | @DYGalvezINQ

JUST IN: In Facebook video, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. claims that Bureau of Immigration issued May 17 order to intercept him if Teves returns to Philippines. | @JMAurelioINQ @JMAurelioINQ Teves: Ito pala ang totoong rason kung bakit nila ako gustong umuwi. May order ngayon na kapag ako ay dumating, ako ay iintercept. Ano pa ang mas nakakapagtaka? Lumabas itong order na ito bago pa sila nag file ng mga kaso laban sa akin. | @JMAurelioINQ

LOOK: Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo holds a bilateral meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly.

Among the issues they are expected to tackle are the developments in the West Philippine Sea. | @BPinlacINQ @BPinlacINQ Manalo: Despite the challenges we have faced in the past year, both the Philippines and Canada have remained loyal to many shared values such as democracy and adherence to a rules-based international order. | @BPinlacINQ

JUST IN: Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte resigns from political party Lakas CMD. | @DYGalvezINQ @DYGalvezINQ VP Duterte: "I am grateful to all the party members for the support that also once demonstrated that unity is possible to advance our shared dreams for our fellow Filipinos and our beloved country." | @chonayu1 @radyoinqonline

Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista shares the DOTr's accomplishments in the first 100 days of Marcos admin, including Libreng Sakay program, reopening of routes amid the return of F2F classes and automated fair collection system. | @TyronePiad /PDI @TyronePiad Bautista says that public-private partnership is "key" in rolling out major infrastructure projects in the country. | @TyronePiad /PDI

LOOK: First flag-raising ceremony of newly sworn-in Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Senior Deputy ES Hubet Guevarra and officer-in-charge of the Office of the Press Secretary Cheloy Garafil. | @DYGalvezINQ @DYGalvezINQ Other key officials also attended the ceremony including Special Asst to the President Antonio Lagdameo and Presidential Management Staff Zenaida Angping. | @DYGalvezINQ

'T U M I N D I G' ✊🏼

LOOK: Satirical cartoonist Kevin Eric Raymundo, the artist behind Tarantadong Kalbo, wins international “Good Design Award” for his “Tumindig” artwork. | 📷: Kevin Eric Raymundo Organizer Japan Institute of Design Promotion announced the winners on Oct. 7, naming Raymundo as one of the 31 international recipients from 392 awarded works from outside Japan.

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Soho: Ano ang inyong branding? Opposition o admin o naliligaw?

Moreno: Di ko kelangan ng brand. Yung brand brand, binebenta mo lang yung kandidato. Dapat ang ibenta mo yung nagawa mo, yung patunay mo, yung pruweba mo para naman ang mga tao maliwanagan at maraming choices Soho: Nagpaparinig ka lang ba kay VP Leni on fake color is fake character?

Moreno: Di naman sya tinatawag ko eh. Basta fake ang pagkatao, fake na tao kahit anong gawin mo fake ka parin. Magpalit palit ka pa ng kulay, fake ka pa rin kasi nakikita yan, nararamdaman yan ng tao.

Soho: Nung 2010, Vice Mayor ka ni Alfredo Lim. Nung 2013, iniwan nyo si mayor Lim, 2019 iniwan nyo si Erap, nasan ang inyong loyalty?

Moreno: Basta ako, ang loyalty ko, sa tao. Kapakinabangan ng tao ang mahalaga sa akin, hindi kapakinabangan ng pulitiko. | @T2TupasINQ @T2TupasINQ Soho: Palipat-lipat ka ng partido at kinampihan. Paano mo sasagutin ang paratang na isa ka ring trapo?

Moreno: No we are, I am the president of a local party. | @T2TupasINQ

Robredo’s message to people who don’t appreciate her lugaw initiative:

"Yung lugaw, symbolic. In the sense kaya lang naman yun nadikit sa akin ay dahil nung kumakandidato ako nung 2016, wala akong resources." | @T2TupasINQ @T2TupasINQ Sen. Manny Pacquiao on his controversial LGBTQ+ “masahol pasa hayop” remark.

“Mas marami [akong] supporters ngayon na LGBTQ na sumusuporta sa atin.” | @T2TupasINQ

Senator Manny Pacquiao on who he wants to see on money: Ating mga bayani. Nagbigay inspirasyon.

Favorite book: Purpose Driven Life. Dito nag-bago buhay ko.

Greatest love: Syempre, Panginoon. Pangalawa, pamilya, asawa. | @T2TupasINQ @T2TupasINQ Behavior you hate: Di marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan at di maawain.

Someone you idolize: Family ko. sila nagpalaki sa akin. | @T2TupasINQ

Vice President Leni Robredo on a hero she wants to talk to: Jose Rizal, lessons despite difficult times.

Who would you vote for president if you weren’t running?: Manny Pacquiao. Napaka-sinsero nya. | @T2TupasINQ @T2TupasINQ Guiding priciple: Laging gumawa ng tama. Treat other people kung pano natin treat sarili natin.

How many hours do you work?: 18 hours a day. | @T2TupasINQ

Answers of Presidential Aspirants on GMA 7's Presidential Interview with Jessica Soho. #VotePH #OurVoteOurFuture | @T2TupasINQ @T2TupasINQ Sen. Panfilo Lacson on his potential superpower: Ma-solve problema ng Pilipinas.

On which ex-president he admires: Si PNoy dahil pinangunahan nya ‘yung “no wang wang” policy. Walang entitlement. Di siya corrupt naka trabaho ko siya. | @T2TupasINQ

LOOK: Senior Citizens Partylist pays visit to Leonardo "Lolo Narding" Flores, 80, who was arrested for allegedly stealing 10 kgs of mangoes from a tree he planted himself in Pangasinan. He was released after posting bail donated by kind-hearted citizens. | @JMAurelioINQ @JMAurelioINQ Senior Citizens Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes: Maaaring gamitin ng pulis ang discretion lalo na minor offense ang ipinaparatang. Katarungang pambarangay na usapin iyan pero pinatulan ng pulis. It's not the first time that hapless seniors are harassed and unjustly treated. | @JMAurelioINQ

UPDATE: GMA Network “takes exception” to the statement of the camp of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos that broadcast journalist Jessica Soho is supposedly biased against the Marcoses. | @cgonzalesINQ @cgonzalesINQ GMA: “Throughout her career, Ms. Soho has consistently been named the most trusted media personality in the Philippines by both local and foreign organizations..." | @cgonzalesINQ

Northern Samar provincial health officer Ninfa Kam says the number of positive cases in the province has increased, but hospital admissions have gone down | @LeilasINQ @LeilasINQ Kam says many of the cases in the hospital are of incidental COVID, meaning they had been admitted for other conditions but tested positive in the provincial hospital’s required swab test | @LeilasINQ

‘ANG ATIN AY ATIN’

Vice President Leni Robredo will uphold the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea by “rigorously upholding” the 2016 arbitral tribunal’s verdict on the PH vs China case. | @RVMirandaINQ @RVMirandaINQ Robredo, in her virtual meet and greet with Palawan volunteers on Friday afternoon, said she also intended to strengthen the domestic capabilities of the Armed Forces of the PH, and tighten the partnerships with regional and international communities. | @RVMirandaINQ

DND: China donates P1 billion worth of military equipment to the Philippine military. The first batch of equipment arrived last Jan. 16. | @FrancesGM_ @FrancesGM_ DND: The donation includes rescue & relief equipment, drone systems, detectors, water purification vehicles, ambulances, firetrucks, x-ray machines, EOD robots, bomb disposal suits & transport vehicles; engineering equipment- backhoes, dumptrucks, forklifts, and earthmovers.