TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
25 May
2023, Thursday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. Mawar update
-Super
typhoon Mawar slightly intensifies as it moves closer to PH
-Gov't on
alert for super-typhoon 'Mawar' which may trigger monsoon rain in Luzon,
Visayas next week
-MMDA
readies rescue assets, identifies critical areas for Mawar; ready to help
outside NCR in ST Mawar aftermath
-OCD asks
public to help spot community hazards ahead of Typhoon Mawar
-PH ports
prepare for super typhoon 'Mawar'
-Globe
readies personnel ahead of Mawar
-LGUs
prepare for ‘Mawar’
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, DZBB, Rappler, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, News5]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/25/23/mawar-slightly-intensifies-as-it-moves-closer-to-ph
2. Senate set to approve MIF bill next week; House urged to adopt Senate version
[GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/24/senate-set-to-approve-mif-bill-next-week-1
3. BIR files 69 tax evasion cases worth P1.8B vs illegal cigarette traders
[Inquirer,
GMA News, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/25/69-illicit-cigarette-traders-tax-evasion-raps.html
4. Romualdez: 31 of 42 Marcos admin priority bills already passed
[Manila
Bulletin, Inquirer, Manila Times]
5. Duterte to visit Brunei, Singapore in June
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Manila Times]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/25/sara-duterte-singapore-brunei-visit.html
6. VP Sara Duterte attends Partners Convergence at the National Museum of Natural History, Manila Sara says DepEd's P895B budget 'not enough’ to achieve goals of MATATAG agenda
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Inquirer]
7. DBM OKs release of over P25 billion for 8 million indigents’ health insurance
[Inquirer,
GMA News, Manila Times, CNN PHL]
8. Palace launches gov’t’s free paper ‘The Philippine Gazette’
[Manila
Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, Philstar, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1774502/fwd-palace-launches-free-the-philippine-gazette
9. DOH: 17 more Arcturus cases detected, total at 28 [Inquirer, GMA News, CNN PHL] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/871107/doh-17-more-arcturus-cases-detected-total-at-28
10. BuCor restores visitation privileges of PDLs at Bilibid, CIW
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, Philstar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/871085/bucor-resumes-visitation-at-nbp
11. Drug war victims see no justice under Marcos admin – ICC
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Inquirer]
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
