The US vice president is scheduled to make a stopover on Tuesday on an island near the disputed South China Sea.
Three soldiers died and seven others were wounded during clashes in the southern island province of Basilan, the Philippine military says, while the rebels reported at least four dead and several others injured.
The man and his three co-accused had been charged with 60 offences, including trafficking, child pornography, child abuse and rape.
Investigators are trying to determine if the attackers were from the same armed group that staged similar bombings in past years to extort money from the Yellow Bus Line.
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has placed several regions under a state of calamity for six months due to the devastation brought by the storm.
Authorities said that the Philippines has changed its operations from search and rescue to retrieval due to the slim chances of survival.
Floods and landslides in southern provinces caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae take the toll to 72, with 14 people still unaccounted for, officials say.
Most of the victims were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-laden mudslides in three towns in hard-hit Maguindanao province.
The 6.4-magnitude quake struck the mountain town of Dolores in Abra province late Tuesday, followed by numerous aftershocks over the rest of the night.
Most of the lawyers were apparently targeted for representing human rights defenders and activists.
Philippine police kill three prisoners after they staged a jail rampage that saw a police officer stabbed and former opposition senator Leila de Lima held hostage in a failed escape attempt.
Authorities said the rescuers were wading through floodwaters when a wall beside them collapsed, sending them into the fast current.
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