TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
26
April 2023, Wednesday, as of 9:00 a.m.
-PHL
plots land, air, sea exits for OFWs in conflict-hit Sudan
-DMW:
PHL gov’t eyeing jobs in Saudi Arabia for OFWs fleeing Sudan
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Phisltar,
Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/overseas-filipinos/philippines-plots-land-air-sea-exits-ofws-sudan/
2. COVID-19 pandemic:
-PHL
detects first case of Omicron subvariant ‘Arcturus’
-COVID-19
positivity rate up 11.7% nationwide
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Philstar, Manila Times, Business
Mirror, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1760974/ph-detects-first-case-of-xbb-1-16-omicron-subvariant
3. Vaccination confidence in PHL:
-UNICEF:
PHL confidence in childhood vaccines declines 25% during pandemic
-UNICEF:
Over 1 million Filipino kids missed out routine immunization in 2021
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News]
4. SIM registration:
-DICT
eyes removal of Facebook, TikTok of unregistered SIMs over extension
-20-M
unregistered SIM cards, low turnout in islands prompted Marcos to extend
registration
-Smart,
Globe welcome extension of SIM registration deadline
-DICT:
Low SIM registration turnout not due to lack of gov’t IDs
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
5. Gov't 'looking for solutions' to power crisis in Occidental Mindoro – Remulla [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
6. DOJ eyes writ of kalikasan over Oriental Mindoro oil spill [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/25/DOJ-writ-of-kalikasan-Oriental-Mindoro-oil-spill.html
7. US firepower on display as ‘Balikatan’ nears close [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/213809/us-firepower-on-display-as-balikatan-nears-close
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