TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
16 March 2023, Thursday, as of 9:00 a.m.
1. Degamo slay case:
-Teves seeks 2-month House leave due to
‘grave security threat’
-House panel orders Teves to explain
failure to return to Philippines
-Teves, 2 sons charged over illegal
possession of firearms
-March 16 declared a special non-working
day in Negros Oriental
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Manila
Bulletin, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Times]
2. Charter change:
-Romualdez responds to Zubiri: House
rushing Cha-cha for country’s sake
-Padilla sets Cha-cha public forum,
Speaker pushes economic reform
[Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Standard,
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/3/16/House-rushing-cha-cha-for-country.html
3. NCR jeepney minimum fare returns to
P9 next month [Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/03/16/23/minimum-jeepney-fare-balik-p9-sa-metro-manila
4. North Korea launches missile ahead of
South Korea-Japan summit
[Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN
PHL, GMA News]
5. More parts of PHL to face rains due
to LPA —PAGASA [Inquirer, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/23/more-parts-of-ph-to-face-rains-due-to-lpa-pagasa
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