TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
03 April 2023,
Monday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. Holy Week
-No credible
threat monitored for Holy Week —PNP
-PAL expects up
to 20% increase in passengers this Holy Week
-74,114 cops
deployed for Holy Week, Ramadan
-Immigration
bureau braces for Holy Week passenger surge
-DOH issues
guidelines for safe Holy Week observance
-Banks adjust
hours for Holy Week, Day of Valor
-DOTr: Volume
of holiday break travel to peak on Wednesday, Thursday
-NTC regional
offices ordered to aid NDRRMC, civic groups during Holy Week
-LTO-NCR West
deploys 200 personnel for Holy Week, ‘summer’ break
-PCG: 100K
passengers recorded in seaports on Holy Monday
[ANC, DZBB, GMA
News, Philstar, Daily Tribune, Rappler, CNN PHL, Rappler, Manila Bulletin]
2. Prison break
-10 Malibay detainees
escape prison on Holy Monday; Metro Manila cops on alert to recapture detainees
-6 more
detainees at large, 4 caught after escaping from Pasay facility; Mayor Emi
offers P300K bounty
-Pasay police
station commander sacked over escape of 10 inmates, tracker teams formed
[ABS-CBN News,
DZBB, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Daily Tribune, CNN PHL, DZMM, Inquirer, News5]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/3/pasay-city-jailbreak-holy-monday.html
3. Degamo murder case
-Remulla on
Degamo killing: ‘Case closed’; Rep Teves appears to be ‘main mastermind’
-12 suspects in
Degamo slay have been accounted for, according to Abalos
-DOJ confirms
NBI arrest of one of main suspects in Degamo murder; Charges set for filing vs
‘one mastermind’ in Degamo slay
-Senate probe
into Degamo killing set for April 17
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, DZMM, Daily Tribune, Philstar, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, GMA
News, Rappler, News5]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1751657/fwd-remulla-degamo-murder-now-case-closed
4. Oil firms roll back LPG cost but hike prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene
[ABS-CBN News,
Business World, Inquirer, GMA News, CNN PHL, Philstar] https://business.inquirer.net/394476/oil-firms-roll-bank-lpg-cost-but-hike-prices-of-gasoline-diesel-and-kerosene
5. CHED to work with MARINA in implementing reforms suggested by EU for Filipino seafarers
-PH gov't told:
Be serious in attending to needs of maritime industry
-DOTr wants
inter-agency efforts to address maritime industry issues
-DFA lauds EU
decision to continue recognizing Pinoy seafarers
[ABS-CBN News,
CNN PHL, Business World, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, News5, Philstar]
6. Philippine budget deficit slightly widened in February
[Philstar,
Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/03/23/ph-budget-deficit-hits-p1064-billion-in-february
-New map from
US shows oil spill possibly reaching Coron, Palawan
-MT Princess
Empress impacts livelihood and daily lives of thousands of individuals and
families
-Search
operations for ill-fated vessel seize
[CNN PHL, Daily
Tribune, Manila Bulletin]
8. Law dean Vistan chosen as UP Diliman Chancellor [Philstar, Manila Bulletin, DZBB, GMA News]
9. Suspect in killing of La Salle Dasmariñas student now in police custody; Intention was robbery and not to kill [News5, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
10. 7.0-magnitude quake hits western Papua New Guinea: USGS [Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1751707/7-0-magnitude-quake-hits-western-papua-new-guinea-usgs
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