Romualdez’ district No. 1 recipient of DPWH funds | The wRap

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

• Romualdez replaces Pulong Duterte as top recipient of DPWH funds 

The first district of Leyte takes over the first district of Davao City as the top recipient of funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways.

• 4 senators stop receiving salaries amid absences 

Four senators stop receiving their salaries as they remain absent from plenary sessions of the Senate and the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

• PNP files complaint vs father of minor in Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting 

The Philippine National Police files a complaint against the owner of the gun used by a high school student in the August 18 school shooting in Zamboanga City.

• Beyond income, 12.8% of Filipinos are poor across multiple dimensions in 2024 

A new and broader official way of measuring poverty shows that 12.8% of Filipinos were multidimensionally poor in 2024.

• Filipino among missing in Nepal after deadly flash floods 

A Filipino is among those who are missing in Nepal, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, causing catastrophic flash floods. – Rappler.com