Pharmally boss Lin Weixiong linked to illegal drug trade | The wRap

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

• PDEA chief: Pharmally’s Lin Weixiong is in our drug intel

Intelligence gathered by the anti-drug agency links an executive of the Duterte administration’s pandemic contractor Pharmally to the illegal drug trade.

• More than 40,000 affected in Cagayan as Typhoon Marce destroys homes, topples trees

Typhoon Marce, international name Yinxing, affects more than 40,000 people in worst-hit Cagayan province as it exits the Philippines Friday, November 8.

• 1,627 ‘spurious’ birth certificates of foreigners blocked after exposé on Alice Guo

The Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA has blocked the ‘spurious’ birth certificates of 1,627 foreigners, including dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo.

• Hazard-prone NCR falls behind in disaster preparedness — Harvard study

A survey shows the NCR ranks 11th out of 17 regions in level of disaster preparedness, scoring slightly below the national average. The densely populated NCR is among the most vulnerable regions.

• 3 charged in One Direction singer Liam Payne’s death

Argentine authorities say three people have been charged over the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne. – Rappler.com