TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
17
October 2022, Monday, as of 5PM
1. Marcos picks Paul Soriano as Presidential Adviser for Creative Comms
[GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, News5, PhilStar, ABS-CBN News]
©PIA-PMU
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848307/marcos-picks-paul-soriano-as-presidential-adviser-for-creative-comms/story/
2. DepEd: Private schools can hold hybrid and remote classes past November 2
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, CNN PHL, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/17/2217353/deped-private-schools-can-hold-hybrid-and-remote-classes-past-november-2
3. DepEd set to remove Mother Tongue as subject but will retain it as medium of instruction
[CNN
PHL, Inquirer, GMA News, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848310/deped-set-to-remove-mother-tongue-as-subject-but-will-retain-it-as-medium-of-instruction/story/
4. Law postponing Barangay, SK polls questioned before Supreme Court
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/17/2217338/law-postponing-barangay-sk-polls-questioned-supreme-court
5. Senate panel suspends COMELEC budget debates over failure to submit documents
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, GMA News, DZBB, PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1680818/senate-panel-suspends-comelec-budget-debates-over-failure-to-submit-documents
6. Police visits to journalists' home
-Makabayan
lawmakers seek probe into PNP’s journalist house visits
-Lagman:
Cops visiting journalists unexpectedly is like ‘Oplan Tokhang’
-NCRPO
welcomes sanctions if Data Privacy Act violated after cop’s home visit to
journalists
[CNN
PHL, News5, GMA News, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/wrong-procedure-pnp-conducts-probe-after-journalists-flag-unannounced-visits-to-homes
7. Another round of oil price hikes set this week
[ABS-CBN
News, PhilStar, GMA News, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/17/oil-price-hikes-Oct-17.html
8. Typhoon 'Neneng'
-NDRRMC:
Over 7,500 families affected by Typhoon Neneng
-Santa
Ana town in Cagayan placed under state of calamity due to Neneng
[CNN
PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/17/typhoon-neneng-ndrrmc-report.html
9. Remulla’s son drug arrest
-Makabayan
solon deplores ‘special treatment’ of Remulla’s son in drug case
-Barbers
wants to know how P1.3M ‘kush’ marijuana got past US customs
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, News5, Rappler] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/17/makabayan-solon-deplores-special-treatment-of-remullas-son-in-drug-case/
10. DOH reports 15,315 new COVID-19 cases from October 10 to 16
[CNN
PHL, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Times]
©PIA-PMU
https://twitter.com/gmanews/status/1581929501994651651
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848289/marawi-liberation-remembered-on-5th-anniversary/story/
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, Sunstar] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848298/coa-qc-is-richest-city-for-second-straight-year/story/
-Remittance
inflows slipped to three-month low in August — BSP
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/17/22/cash-remittances-up-43-percent-to-272-b-in-august
-PBBM
skips DA’s World Food Day program due to ‘schedule conflict’
-World
Food Day 2022: Rising costs keep millions in PH away from healthy diets
-A
cry for cheaper food on World Food Day
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/17/pbbm-skips-das-world-food-day-program-due-to-schedule-conflict/
[PhilStar,
Manila Bulletin, DWIZ] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/17/magnitude-4-6-quake-recorded-offshore-of-eastern-samar-phivolcs/
