TODAY’S TOP
STORIES (from online news monitoring)
31 January
2023, Tuesday, as of 5PM
1. Gov't
housing projects:
-At QC
housing launch, Marcos says government to help beneficiaries pay for units
-Marcos mulls
P1-B subsidy fund for gov't housing tenants
-Marcos tells
Congress to provide budget for housing
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/31/2241545/qc-housing-launch-marcos-says-government-help-beneficiaries-pay-units
2. DSWD's
72nd anniv, inaugurates new building:
-Marcos tells
DSWD to continue giving cash grants to poor Filipinos
-Marcos
commends DSWD for stability, public service reliability
-Social
protection programs get P151 billion funding under 2023 budget, says DBM
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, News5, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1723419/fwd-marcos-tells-dswd-to-continue-giving-cash-grants-to-poor-filipinos-2
3. Vergeire
says she is now ready to become Health Secretary [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA
News, News5, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1723421/vergeire-says-she-is-now-ready-to-become-health-secretary
4. DOJ seeks
to deport 2 of 4 Japanese fugitives by end of week [Philstar, Rappler, ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/859173/doj-seeks-to-deport-2-japanese-fugitives-by-end-of-week/story/
5. Efforts
underway to bring home detained Filipino tourist in Myanmar [Manila Bulletin,
Philstar, GMA News, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/31/detained-Filipino-tourist-in-Myanmar-repatriation.html
6. Inflation
to remain elevated in January — BSP [Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/859166/inflation-to-remain-elevated-in-january-bsp/story/
7. World Bank
to lend Philippines $600M for pandemic recovery, climate financing [CNN PHL,
GMA News, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/business/2023/01/31/2241552/world-bank-lend-philippines-600m-pandemic-recovery-climate-financing
8. PHL
expecting arrival of bivalent COVID-19 vax donation from Covax in March —DOH
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/31/ph-expecting-arrival-of-bivalent-covid-19-vax-donation-from-covax-in-march-doh/
9. Voter
registration deadline:
-COMELEC sees
surge in registrants on last day of voter registration
-New
registered voters now at 1.5 million — COMELEC
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, DZBB, Rappler, Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/01/30/news/comelec-sees-surge-in-registrants-on-last-day-of-voter-registration/1876535
10. US
reinvigorating relations with ASEAN after years of neglect, says ex-envoy
[Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/31/23/us-reinvigorating-ties-with-asean-says-ex-envoy
11. Missing
plane:
-No letup in
search for missing Cessna plane
-Plane
searchers getting sick from rain, cold weather
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/01/31/2241378/no-letup-search-missing-cessna-plane
12. OFW
arrested for cracking bomb joke in plane in Davao [ABS-CBN News, News5,
Philstar, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/overseas-filipino-arrested-bomb-joke-plane-davao-january-29-2023/
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Information Agency Monitoring Unit