TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
19 January 2023, Thursday, as of 5PM
1. Overpriced DepEd laptops:
-Graft, perjury charges recommended
vs. DepEd, PS-DBM execs over laptop deal
-Briones admonished but not liable
for overpriced laptop deal – Senate panel
-DepEd says to tighten procurement
process after Senate probe into laptop deal
[CNN PHL, Inquirer, PhilStar, ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
2. Marcos says return to politics based on family’s ‘survival’ imperatives [Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Inquirer]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/19/marcos-says-return-to-politics-based-on-familys-survival-imperatives/
3. BBM believes there’s no point for PHL to build up its armory [GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, PhilStar, Manila Times]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1718477/bbm-believes-theres-no-point-for-ph-to-build-up-its-armory
4. Marcos confident of economic growth due to Philippines’ ‘sophisticated workforce’ [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer]
-Morgan Stanley to open Manila
office; Marcos meets Glencore officers
-Palace: Logistics company DP World
eyes setting up industrial park in Pampanga
[GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/18/morgan-stanley-to-open-manila-office-marcos-meets-glencore-officers/
6. Makabayan solons say BBM’s business trip to Davos very lavish; seek probe [Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News]
7. ICTSI's Consing tapped as Marcos' adviser on investment, economic affairs [Inquirer, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
8. Floods across Philippines leave 33 people dead, affect 1.6 million [GMA News, PhilStar, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News]
9. Tulfo names alleged ‘big-time’ oil smugglers [Inquirer, CNN PHL, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1718493/tulfo-names-alleged-big-time-oil-smugglers
10. De Lima accepts Sandra Cam's apology [ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News]
ttps://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857953/de-lima-accepts-sandra-cam-s-apology/story/?just_in
11. PM Ardern shocks New Zealand with resignation announcement [Inquirer, News5, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
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