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TOP STORIES - Saturday, February 04, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

04 February 2023, Saturday, as of 4PM

1. EDCA

-AFP upbeat on deal for 4 more EDCA sites in the Philippines

-EDCA sites will be jointly operated by PHL, US – AFP

-ACT slams EDCA on 124th anniversary of PHL-American war: ‘Tila hindi umalis ang mananakop’

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/859666/afp-upbeat-on-deal-for-4-more-edca-sites-in-the-philippines/story/?just_in


2. Philippines, US to restart joint patrols in South China Sea

[Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, GMA News, Inquirer]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/04/2242528/philippines-us-restart-joint-patrols-south-china-sea


3. New DSWD chief Gatchalian bares priorities

-New DSWD chief wants more social workers, no revamp

-DSWD chief eyes dispersing more disaster response teams across PH

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, DZBB]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/04/2242441/new-dswd-chief-wants-more-social-workers-no-revamp


4. ICC 'drug war' probe

-'You can hang me,' Bato says if proven guilty by PHL court, not ICC, over drug war deaths

-Bong Go: PHL’s justice system works despite ICC’s drug war probe reopening

-Fortun: Government probe on Kian sloppy

[Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, PhilStar]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/04/23/you-can-hang-me-bato-says-if-found-guilty-over-drug-war-deaths


5. After 3 straight hikes, oil prices set to drop by P2 next week

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

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/04/23/oil-prices-set-to-drop-by-p2-next-week


6. MMDA releases list of common traffic violations under single-ticketing system in NCR

[PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, One News]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/04/common-traffic-violations-covered-by-single-ticketing-system-in-ncr-released/


7. Parents of kids with disabilities to get P2,000 monthly ‘ayuda’ under House bill

[Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/04/parents-of-kids-with-disabilities-to-get-p2000-monthly-ayuda-under-house-bill/


8. Hontiveros to DTI, DA: Build more cold storage units for farmers

[CNN PHL, Inquirer, RMN News]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1725322/hontiveros-to-dti-da-build-more-cold-storage-units-for-farmers

9. Chinese spy balloon ‘transits’ Latin America after first craft flies over US

[Inquirer, GMA News, PhilStar, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/04/chinese-spy-balloon-transits-latin-america-after-first-craft-flies-over-us/

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