TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news
monitoring)
07 December 2022, Wednesday, as of 9AM
1. PHL DIGITALIZATION
-PH must expand connectivity to be
competitive – Marcos
-Philippines must embrace digitalization –
Marcos
-PH digital connectivity ‘still pretty
low,’ but doing good — PBBM
[Inquirer, PhilStar, GMA News Online, CNN
PHL Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1702264/marcos-jr-says-ph-must-digitalize-to-be-competitive
2. INFLATION
-Marcos: Growth on track amid ‘rampant’
inflation
-Marcos says 8 pct inflation in November
was 'out of control,' but adds it was 'imported'
[Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online, GMA News
Online, CNN PHL Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1702315/marcos-growth-on-track-amid-rampant-inflation
3. SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
-PCCI urges gov't to hold off sovereign
wealth fund idea
-World Bank ‘more than happy’ to advise
Marcos team on Maharlika fund
-Sen. Villanueva says Maharlika fund bill
not in Marcos Jr.'s list of priority measures
-Not the right time for sovereign wealth
fund–Drilon, Barcelon
-Only excess funds will be invested in
Maharlika fund - GSIS
-Bong Go: 'Maharlika Fund needs trustworthy
managers'
-Progressive groups oppose creation of Maharlika
Wealth Fund
[CNN PHL Online, ABS-CBN News Online,
Business Mirror, Manila Times, Daily Guardian] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/7/Maharlika-Wealth-Fund-PCCI-hold-off-.html
4. NCAP
-SC suspends, resets to January 24 NCAP oral
arguments
-Petitioners vs NCAP, respondents face off
in first SC oral arguments
-Gov’t lawyers urge SC to lift TRO vs
no-contact apprehension policy
-SolGen Guevarra: NCAP does not violate
privacy rights of motorists
[PhilStar, CNN PHL Online, Manila Bulletin,
Inquirer, GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online] ©PIA-PMU
5. PDEA district chief, 2 other agents nabbed; P9.1M worth of ‘shabu’ seized in Taguig drug sting
[Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online, GMA News
Online, CNN PHL Online] ©PIA-PMU
-DOH open to Senate probe on COVID-19
vaccine deals
-DOH requested COA for audit of Covid-19
vax procurement as early as November 2021—Vergeire
[GMA News Online, CNN PHL Online] ©PIA-PMU
[PhilStar, GMA News Online, CNN PHL Online]
©PIA-PMU
8. FAKE NEWS BILL
-PNP wants more defined provisions in 'fake
news' bill
-Media orgs express concern over risks of
anti-fake news bill
[ABS-CBN News Online, Inquirer, GMA News
Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/06/22/pnp-wants-more-defined-provisions-in-fake-news-bill
9. John Amores receives ‘words of encouragement’ from VP Sara Duterte
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News
Online] ©PIA-PMU
https://sports.inquirer.net/488928/john-amores-receives-words-of-encouragement-from-vp-sara-duterte
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—