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TOP STORIES –Saturday, April 29, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

29 April 2023, Saturday, as of 4:00 p.m.

1. PBBM foreign visits

- PBBM to tackle economic agenda, defense ties with US

- PBBM to meet with Biden at White House on May 1

- From US, Marcoses to attend Charles III’s coronation on May 6

- PBBM to attend ASEAN summit in Indonesia on May 10

[Inquirer, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/214006/marcos-to-tackle-economic-agenda-defense-ties-with-us

2. PH, China trade barbs over near-collision of Coast Guard ships in WPS

- AFP mum on PH-China vessels incident in Spratlys

[Inquirer, CNN Philippines, Philippine Star, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/214005/ph-china-trade-blame-for-near-collision-in-wps

3. US envoy says Balikatan further reinforced strong US-PH alliance

- PH, US expected to mount ‘more complex’ Balikatan next year: US ambassador

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/29/2262505/balikatan-further-reinforced-strong-us-philippine-alliance-envoy

4. Over 500 Pinoys await repatriation at Sudan-Egypt border

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Philippine Star] 

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/04/29/23/over-500-pinoys-await-repatriation-at-sudan-egypt-border

5. PNP to deploy 18,000 cops to secure Labor Day protests

[Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philippine Star]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/29/pnp-to-deploy-18-000-cops-for-long-weekend-labor-day

6. Metro Manila's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 14.3% —OCTA

[CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Philippine Star, GMA News]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/29/OCTA-Metro-Manila-COVID-19-positivity-rate-hospitalizations.html

7. Rollback in pump prices expected next week

[ABS-CBN News, Philippine Star, GMA News, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/29/23/gas-prices-to-drop-by-more-than-p1-per-liter-by-may-2

8. Gov’t resolves power crisis in Occidental Mindoro

[CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, News5, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/29/occ-mindoro-power-back-monopoly.html

9. Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Occidental Mindoro at midnight

[GMA News, ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines, Inquirer, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/content/868441/magnitude-5-5-quake-jolts-calintaan-occidental-mindoro/story/

10. Fire incidents

- Grounded ship on fire for 10 hours in Lapu-Lapu City

- Fire at Tondo’s Pritil Market reaches 4th alarm

[Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, GMA News, Philippine Star, ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/29/fire-onboard-scrap-ship-in-cebu-declared-out-after-10-hours

11. Two foreign vessels collide near Corregidor; one dead, 18 rescued, 1 missing —PCG

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/29/2262561/1-chinese-crew-member-dies-after-2-vessels-collide-near-corregidor-island

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