TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
22 August
2023, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. Migrant Workers Secretary Toots Ople passes
away
Department of Migrant Workers secretary Toots Ople. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN Philippines, GMA News, Manila Standard, Business Mirror, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar, Inquirer, Rappler] https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/23/migrant-workers-secretary-toots-ople-passes-away
2. RICE SUPPLY
- Is
P20/kilo rice possible within 2 years? ‘Baka mahirap po,’ says DA
- 'Not
good governance' for Marcos to miss DA meetings, says Daza
-Farmers
benefiting from high palay prices – DA
-Review
of rice tariffication law pushed
-Ex-Agri
chief sees rice prices hitting P60/kilo
-Some
Pinoys adjust rice consumption habits due to high prices
-P7
billion fuel subsidies urged for drivers, fisherfolk, farmers
[The
Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, The Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, Manila
Standard, Bulgar, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Rappler] https://www.rappler.com/nation/department-agriculture-response-rice-prices-2023-2025
3. NFA ABOLITION:
- Amid
reported plan to import rice anew from India, group presses NFA abolition
- As rice
prices soar, senators dare NFA: Prove your worth
-
Pimentel, Escudero open to NFA abolition
[Philippine
Daily Inquirer, Business Mirror, Manila
Times, ABS-CBN News] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1819778/as-rice-prices-soar-nfa-told-prove-your-worth
4. DOH BUDGET
-
Lawmakers air concerns on slashed 2024 budget of DOH
- P2
billion allotted for cancer treatment, patient support in proposed 2024 budget
[Daily
Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1819791/senators-disappointed-over-huge-slash-in-health-budget
5. WEST PHL SEA DISPUTE:
- New
resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal successful —WPS task force
-
Romualdez bares smear campaign against him, other envoys
- Solons
mull probe over PH's alleged promise to China to withdraw BRP Sierra Madre
- ACT:
Did Duterte promise to remove ship from Ayungin?
- China
ships in 'blockade positions' amid new Ayungin resupply mission —expert
- China
hits US-South Korea-Japan deal: Asia Pacific not a ‘boxing ring’
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine STAR, Pilipino
Star NGAYON, Inquirer]
5. NAVAL DRILLS:
- PH,
Australia hold assault drills in WPS
-
Australia's biggest warship deployed in Philippine drills
- AFP
chief denies report of planned trilateral exercise in South China Sea
-
Diplomacy is still first line of defense for the PH, two senators say
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune CNN Philippines,
Manila Times, The Philippine STAR, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/08/22/news/ph-australia-hold-assault-drills-in-wps
6. 40th DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF NINOY AQUINO:
-BBM:
Let’s transcend political barriers
-Marcos
appeals for unity in Ninoy Day message
-Grandnephew
asks: Is Ninoy Aquino still important?
-Atienza:
Marcos Sr. didn't order 1971 bombing
[The
Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, Manila Bulletin,
The Daily Tribune, Pilipino Star Ngayon, People’s Journal, BusinessMirror] https://qa.philstar.com/headlines/2023/08/22/2290456/marcos-lets-transcend-political-barriers
7. DFA confirms 2 Filipinos killed in Hawaii wildfire, verifying 2 others
[CNN
Philippines, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News]
8. Comelec to issue ‘revolutionary guidelines’ vs. vote buying
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News] https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/22/comelec-guidelines-vote-buying.html
9. Senate starts probe into unjust killing of Jemboy Baltazar
[CNN PHL,
Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1819879/fwd-senate-delves-into-unjust-killing-of-jemboy-baltazar
10. NPA leader behind killing of football player, 4 other rebels slain in Masbate clash
[People's
Tonight, Pilipino Star NGAYON, Abante Tonite] https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/probinsiya/2023/08/22/2290427/lider-ng-npa-4-pa-todas-sa-engkuwentro
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