TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
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August 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 p.m.
This aerial photograph taken from a military aircraft shows the dilapidated Sierra Madre ship of the Philippine Navy anchored near Ayungin shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) with Philippine soldiers on-board to secure the perimeter in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, on May 11, 2015. The Spratlys are considered a potential Asian flashpoint, and claimant nations including the Philippines have expressed alarm as China has embarked on massive reclamation activity. Ritchie B. Tongo, Pool/AFP
1. Arroyo denies deal with China to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin [Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star, CNN Philippines, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/19/23/arroyo-denies-deal-with-china-to-remove-brp-sierra-madre
2. Group to PBBM: Stop all Manila Bay reclamation [GMA News, The Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]
3. Ninoy Aquino remembered ahead of 40th death anniversary [Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/23/ninoy-aquino-remembered-ahead-of-40th-death-anniversary
4. LRT1 Roosevelt station is now Fernando Poe Jr. station [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
5. Herbosa orders investigation into reported cases of respiratory, cardiovascular diseases in Batangas [Philstar, Rappler, Manila Bulletin]
6. MMDA says to apprehend motorcycle riders on EDSA bike lane from Aug. 21 [Bombo Radyo, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/23/mmda-to-apprehend-motorcycle-riders-on-edsa-bike-lane
7. Robin Padilla seeks probe on ‘discrimination’ in Taguig police station shooting [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News]
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