TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
14 December
2022, Wednesday, as of 9AM
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| President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with Brussels Airport Company CEO Arnaud Feist and other airport officials in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary) |
1. MARCOS VISIT IN BELGIUM
-PBBM eyes
start of Manila-Brussels direct flights
-PHL Eyes
Strategic Partnership With Belgium
[Manila Bulletin, One News, Inquirer, CNN PHL
Online, GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/14/pbbm-eyes-start-of-manila-brussels-direct-flights/
2. Marcos meets King Philippe of Belgium at Royal Palace in Brussels
[GMA News
Online, PhilStar, CNN PHL Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/14/Marcos-meets-King-Philippe-of-Belgium-.html
3. ASEAN-EU SUMMIT
-Marcos asks
EU to help PH, other countries vulnerable to climate change
-Marcos
stresses need for concrete plan vs. climate change
-EU-ASEAN
summit to build trade ties amid global tension
-Marcos bats
for sustainable trade, investments at ASEAN-EU
-Marcos sees
ASEAN-EU business summit boosting trade, investment
[ABS-CBN News Online, Manila Bulletin, GMA
News Online, CNN PHL Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/14/marcos-to-eu-help-ph-climate-vulnerable-countries
4. Marcos catches cold in Brussels; skips briefing with media
[Inquirer,
GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online, PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1704952/marcos-catches-cold-in-brussels-skips-briefing-with-media
5. MAHARLIKA FUND
-Romualdez
wants Marcos to certify Maharlika Investment bill as urgent
-Opposition
lawmaker’s appeal: More debates on MIF
-Lawmaker
says President influential in Maharlika fund despite absence from board
-Rep. Richard
Gomez expresses support for Maharlika Fund
[Inquirer,
GMA News Online, PhilStar, ABS-CBN News Online] ©PIA-PMU
6. Marcos orders creation of panel to address deployment concerns of Filipino seafarers
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
7. Government eyes more labor attaches next year
[PhilStar,
GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/14/2230642/government-eyes-more-labor-attaches-next-year
8. COVID-19
-Philippines
logs 791 new COVID-19 cases; active tally at 18,016
-DOH notes
slight uptick of COVID-19 cases nationwide
-No need to
panic about recent COVID-19 uptick, says Vergeire
[GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
©PIA-PMU
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—
