TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
21 December 2022,
Wednesday, as of 9AM
1. Chinese embassy hits US for 'driving a wedge' between China, PHL
[ABS-CBN News, CNN
PHL, Inquirer, GMA News, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
2. COVID-19 vaccination
-DOH awaits experts'
advice on 2nd COVID-19 booster shot for general population
-Monovalent COVID-19
vaccine implementation to continue despite arrival of bivalent type–DOH
-Don't panic, DOH
says on 600,000 health workers without 2nd booster
[CNN PHL, Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU
3. COVID-19 infection
-DOH records 626 new
COVID-19 cases; active tally drops to 17,263
-Philippines reports
121 new cases of omicron subvariants
-Philippines
prepared for entry of other COVID-19 subvariants
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, CNN PHL] ©PIA-PMU
4. Possible extension of COVID-19 state of calamity under discussion between DOH, Malacaรฑang
[CNN PHL, Manila
Bulletin, Malaya, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
5. 39th Air Force chief Parreรฑo assumes post
Marcos confident PAF
would continue to be responsive under Parreรฑo leadership
[CNN PHL, PhilStar,
GMA News, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
6. DOJ: Bantag, Zulueta on immigration lookout bulletin since Dec. 7
[Inquirer, ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1707183/lookout-bulletin-for-bantag-zulueta-issued
7. Pasig government opens mega dialysis center
[Manila Bulletin,
PhilStar, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/12/21/2232250/pasig-government-opens-mega-dialysis-center
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—