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Rappler's highlights: Sara Duterte, Pura Luka Vega, Gilas Pilipinas | The wRap | October 5, 2023 Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Sara Duterte draws flak for calling confidential fund critics 'enemies of peace'  - Even with price caps, rice inflation skyrockets to 14-year high in September - LTO releases new renewal schedule for expired driver’s license - Fellow drag artists, groups slam Pura Luka Vega arrest, gather donations for bail - PH cyclist Ariana Evangelista suspended after positive drug test in Asian Games - Meggie Ochoa rules Asian Games jiu-jitsu, wins 2nd PH gold in Hangzhou - Cone admits losing hope, but Brownlee rescues Gilas Pilipinas en route to Asian Games final https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-5-2023/

Opposition lawmakers clap back at Vice President Sara Duterte, who brand critics of her offices’ confidential funds ‘enemies of peace.’ Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/sara-duterte-draws-flak-statement-confidential-fund-critics-enemies-peace-october-2023/

Rice inflation in September hit 17.9%, its highest point in 14 years, even as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set a nationwide price cap of P41 to P45 per kilo for rice. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/business/philippines-rice-inflation-price-caps-september-2023/

The Land Transportation Office releases a new schedule for the renewal of expired driver’s licenses. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/business/land-transportation-office-renewal-schedule-expired-drivers-license/

Drag artists and several groups call for the release of former Drag Den Philippines contestant Pura Luka Vega, who was arrested on Wednesday, October 4, for allegedly skipping the preliminary investigation of a criminal case in Manila. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/drag-artists-groups-reaction-pura-luka-vega-arrest-october-2023/

Philippine cycling veteran Ariana Evangelista tests positive for a banned substance and ‘has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect’ in the Asian Games. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/asian-games-philippine-team-cyclist-ariana-evangelista-suspended-positive-drug-test-october-2023/

Meggie Ochoa earns her first-ever Asian Games gold medal after ruling the women’s 48kg jiu-jitsu event in China on Thursday, October 5. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/asian-games-results-women-jiu-jitsu-meggie-ochoa-october-5-2023/

It must be fate as Justin Brownlee steers Gilas Pilipinas to the Asian Games final for the first time since 1990 in an exhilarating 77-76 comeback victory over host China on Wednesday, October 4. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/gilas-pilipinas/tim-cone-admits-losing-hope-justin-brownlee-rescues-philippines-asian-games-2023/

Sara Duterte: Confi fund critics 'enemies of peace' | The wRap Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Sara Duterte draws flak for calling confidential fund critics 'enemies of peace'  - Even with price caps, rice inflation skyrockets to 14-year high in September - LTO releases new renewal schedule for expired driver’s license - Fellow drag artists, groups slam Pura Luka Vega arrest, gather donations for bail - PH cyclist Ariana Evangelista suspended after positive drug test in Asian Games - Meggie Ochoa rules Asian Games jiu-jitsu, wins 2nd PH gold in Hangzhou - Cone admits losing hope, but Brownlee rescues Gilas Pilipinas en route to Asian Games final https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-5-2023/