TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
25 January
2023, Wednesday, as of 5PM
- 2 dead in
Bataan military plane crash
-6 onboard missing
Cessna plane in Isabela identified
[DZMM,
ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, CNN PHL, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/01/25/23/2-dead-in-bataan-military-plane-crash
2. PSAC: Marcos commits to certify E-Governance Act as urgent
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News. CNN PHL, Manila Times]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1720872/psac-marcos-jr-commits-to-certify-as-urgent-e-governance-act
3. Senate hearing on human trafficking and other OFW issues
-Senate
kicks off investigation into trafficking scheme by 'Chinese mafia'
-Fake BI
stamp on trafficked Filipino's passport bared at Senate hearing
-Senators
see emerging humanitarian crisis in crypto scam operations in Myanmar, Cambodia
-8 human
trafficking victims in Cambodia may return to PH by Friday or Saturday
-Hontiveros
calls for "total overhaul" of BI amid non-stop operation of
syndicates involved in human trafficking
-Kuwaiti
suspect in Filipina OFW’s death arrested — embassy
-Philippines
resumes deployment of workers to India
-Gov't to
put up more offices to screen OFW employers
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, News5]
4. SAF 44 anniversary
-PNP
commemorates SAF 44, 7 years after deadly clash
-Palace
honors fallen SAF 44
-Justice
remains elusive for SAF 44 families
[CNN PHL,
News5, Rappler, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/pnp-commemorates-saf-44-january-2022/
5. COVID-19 update
-No official
answer yet from Palace on state of calamity extension — DOH
-COVID-19
not among top 10 causes of death in 2022
-Cebu
Pacific says full pre-pandemic capacity to be restored by March
[CNN PHL,
Inqurier, Philstar, Manila Times, ABS-CBN News]
6. SIM Registration
-Gov't.
telcos roll out SIM registration drive in remote areas
-Registration
requirement to dampen SIM card sales, says DICT
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/25/23/sim-registration-begins-in-remote-areas
7. PDEA-NCR chief tagged by FPRRD in illegal drugs trade yields in Leyte
[DZRH,
Rappler, GMA News, DZBB, Inquirer, Philstar]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/25/pdea-ncr-chief-tagged-by-fprrd-in-illegal-drugs-trade-yields-in-leyte
8. Ex-PSG chief Durante tagged in slay of Davao businesswoman
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/ex-psg-chief-durante-tagged-in-slay-of-davao-businesswoman
9. 2 hurt, 10 houses destroyed in Caloocan fire
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/25/2-hurt-10-houses-destroyed-in-caloocan-fire/
10. Student groups say ‘No to mandatory ROTC’
[ABS-CBN
News, Rappler, Inquirer]
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