TOP STORIES - Tuesday, January 17, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

17 January 2023, Tuesday, as of 5PM

1. Weather updates:

-2 low pressure areas to bring rains to parts of PHL —PAGASA

-Classes suspended in Oriental Mindoro town due to floods

-NDRRMC validating 14 of 29 reported deaths amid continuous rain

-Northern Samar placed under state of calamity

[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/17/2238216/pagasa-two-lpas-spotted-inside-par

2. Aircraft stalled at NAIA runway, no significant impact on ops; passengers, crew unharmed —MIAA

[DZBB, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/857662/aircraft-stalled-at-naia-runway-passengers-crew-unharmed-miaa

3. 'Abduction' of Cebu activists:

-PNP denies involvement in alleged abduction of Cebu-based activists

-NBI, PNP to look into alleged abduction of activists in Cebu; Victims now safe

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/17/23/pnp-denies-hand-in-alleged-abduction-of-2-cebu-activists

4. DFA exec grilled over zero acquittal of overseas Filipinos from criminal raps

[GMA News, News5, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/209762/fwd-dfa-exec-grilled-over-zero-acquittal-of-overseas-filipinos-from-criminal-raps

5. Palace says PHL likely grew faster than 6.5 to 7.5 percent target in 2022

[Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/17/23/palace-says-ph-growth-likely-exceeded-target-in-2022

6. Onion prices:

-Pimentel sees 'price manipulation' behind soaring onion prices

-Onions sold at P700 in markets bought for P8-P15 a kilo from farmers, says agriculturist

-Occidental Mindoro farmers urge gov't to halt onion importation amid harvest season

-Suicide of 5 onion farmers ‘saddens, angers’ Makabayan solon

[ANC Alerts, DZBB, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/17/23/price-manipulation-seen-behind-soaring-onion-prices

7. SRA wants seized smuggled sugar sold at Kadiwa stores

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Malaya]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857675/sra-wants-seized-smuggled-sugar-sold-at-kadiwa-stores/story/?just_in

8. Army probes death of junior officer inside Fort Bonifacio

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/857656/army-probes-death-of-junior-officer-inside-fort-bonifacio/story/?just_in

9. Tulfo bill wants to amend holiday economics law to allow long weekends

[CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717472/tulfo-bill-wants-to-amend-holiday-economics-law-to-allow-long-weekends

10. Sandra Cam released from PNP Custodial Center

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717509/sandra-cam-out-of-pnp-custodial-center-after-murder-case-acquittal

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