MANILA — Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on Saturday filed her candidacy for vice president in the May 2022 elections.

Carpio, 43, sent a representative to the Commission on Elections to file her candidacy as substitute vice presidential candidate under the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) that she joined earlier this week. (Philippines-Duterte’s Daughter-Candidate)

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KABUL — At least one civilian was killed and four others wounded when an explosion struck a bus on a busy road in the western part of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday, according to multiple sources.

“We heard a huge blast in the minibus carrying commuters in Mahtab Qala locality of Dashti Bari area. The whole place has now been sealed off by the Taliban security forces,” an eyewitness told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bus-Explosion)

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JAKARTA — An oil refinery tank in Cilacap district of Indonesia’s Central Java province caught fire on Saturday night, Ifki Sukarya, spokesman of Indonesia’s State Oil and Gas Firm PT Pertamina, told tvOne.

The fire broke out at the Cilacap refinery at 7:30 p.m. Jakarta time (1230 GMT), according to the spokesman. (Indonesia-Oil Refinery Tank-Fire)

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NEW DELHI — All schools will be shut in the Indian capital New Delhi for a week in the wake of current “Severe” levels of air pollution, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.

The schools will remain closed with effect from Monday, he added. (India-Air Pollution-School Closure)

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HONG KONG — Chief Executive of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said Saturday that the best way for Hong Kong residents to repay the central authorities for the firm support is to ensure the robustness of “one country, two systems.”

Lam made the remarks in a statement on the sixth plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. (Hong Kong-CPC-Carrie Lam)