TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
21
December 2022, Wednesday, as of 5PM
[GMA
News, PhilStar, Inquirer, CNN PHL Online, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News Online]
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https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1707406/marcos-jr-vetoes-three-items-in-2023-national-budget
2. Marcos leads groundbreaking of housing project in Nueva Ecija; reaffirms vow to build 1M housing units yearly
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, CNN PHL Online, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, GMA News, News5]
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https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/21/22/marcos-reaffirms-vow-to-build-1-million-houses-yearly
3. Marcos orders DA to expedite 64,050 metric tons sugar importation
[GMA
News Online, ABS-CBN News Online, Inquirer, Daily Guardian, Business Mirror,
PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU
4. WEST PHL SEA
-DFA:
New Chinese construction in Spratlys violates int'l law
-Philippines
'concerned' over China's reclaimed land in disputed sea
-Marcos
must assert PH’s sovereign, legal rights in WPS in state visit to
China—Hontiveros
-Dela
Rosa: US statement vs China’s swarming in West PHL Sea ‘a welcome development’
[Manila
Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online, Pilipino Star Ngayon]
©PIA-PMU
5. PRESS FREEDOM
-CHR
concerned by Cimatu conviction, pushes for decriminalization of libel
-Gov’t
urged to protect right to expression following journalist Cimatu’s libel
conviction
[PhilStar,
GMA News Online, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/21/2232371/chr-pushes-decriminalization-libel
6. Jan-Nov budget deficit drops 7% to P1.24T
[PhilStar,
Inquirer, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://business.inquirer.net/378943/jan-nov-budget-deficit-drops-7-to-p1-24t
7. LPA unlikely to develop into tropical depression; may still bring rains over Visayas, Mindanao
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
8. Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO once successor found
[ABS-CBN
News, PhilStar, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—
