(International News)

Creepy Clown sightings alarm America

A series of creepy clown sightings across the United States has caused a massive wave of
hysteria and terror spreading jitters among the netizens and even the White House to
weigh in.
The spooky sightings were first reported in August in South Carolina when police were
called in to investigate what turned out to be fake accounts of men dressed as clowns
trying to lure children into the woods.
Similar scenarios have also been reported in more than a dozen states with stories of
clowns lurking outside schools, armed clowns driving around in a van and clowns
prowling neighborhoods.
"It is troubling because it's a distraction for our clowns who just want to make people
laugh and smile," it said in a statement carried by US media.
Experts said that this could be explained by "coulrophobia", a long-documented
phenomenon which increased in the wake of the 1986 Stephen King novel "It" featuring a
malevolent clown, later turned into a hit movie.
But Stephen has just decided to laugh it off. The novelist tweeted" Hey, guys, time to cool
the clown hysteria -- most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh,".

(Sports News)
Arong lifts FEU over NU
Monbert Arong drilled a baseline jumper with 3.7 seconds to go to lift FEU Tamaraws
over NU Bulldogs, 57-56 at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, October 9.
Raymar Jose led the Tamaraws in scoring with 14 points and also had 12 boards, while
Arong scored 13 points and went of 3-of-5 from deep to lead FEU beyond the same
opponent for the second time in less than a week.
NU was led by the 22 points of Alfred Aroga, who also had 13 rebounds but pull off 7
turnovers and went scoreless in the final quarter.
After Bulldogs' rookie Josh Sinclair rift his free throws to set NU up 56-55, J-Jay
Alejandro had a chance to draw out the lead but lost the ball on the way up as he was
shooting a jumper.
FEU prevail the control back, and after a pair of NU fouls, ran a play to get Arong open
on the baseline for the go-ahead shot.
NU had a chance to win the battle, but Aroga's mid-range jumper misfired.
Even though FEU is trailed by 11 in the third quarter, they still rallied to earn its fifth
straight win and indurate its hold of the second spot in the UAAP Season 79 standings at
6-2. NU, losers of two straight, dropped to 4-4.

(Local news)
DOH declared NO. 1 public enemy: Zika mosquito
The Department of Health declared number 1 public enemy: Zika mosquito because if the
triple threats that they bring.
The Department of Health (DOH) has declared day-biting Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as
leading enemies for causing dengue, chikungunya and Zika diseases.
According to the DOH spokesman, Eric Tayag, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have caused
142,247 dengue cases from Jan. 1 to Sept. 24. It is higher by 11.5 percent from the cases
recorded during the same period in 2015. Second, we had an outbreak of chikungunya in
Indang, Cavite last week From Jan. 1 to Sept. 24, there were 3,473 cases in the
country, he added.
The DOH is also monitoring the case of a pregnant woman from Iloilo City who tested
positive for Zika virus because of the risk that an infected pregnant woman will give
birth to a baby with congenital defect, microcephaly, which is now being called
congenital Zika syndrome, Tayag said.
This year, the DOH has recorded 15 cases of ZIka virus, mostly in Iloilo City.
Aedes aegypti can also transmit yellow fever aside from dengue, chikungunya and Zika.