TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
24 May 2023, Wednesday,
as of 9:00 a.m.
1. Weather disturbance:
-Philippines braces for
as 'Mawar' intensifies into super typhoon
-DSWD bracing for super
typhoon; relief, disaster response set
-PAGASA: Super typhoon
unlikely to make landfall
-PAGASA: Super typhoon
to stir habagat rains despite unlikely direct hit
[Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]
2. House panel OKs bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity [Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]
3. Bato dela Rosa kneels, asks cops to tell truth in Senate drug haul probe [Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
4. Go floats idea of Duterte becoming as anti-drug czar [GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Manila Standard]
5. Marcos commits to continue rebuilding Marawi [Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
6. DOJ still confident of winning case vs Teves despite suspects’ recantations [CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1773491/doj-remains-confident-of-winning-case-vs-teves
7. Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Sarangani [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/24/Sarangani-M5-quake-Wednesday.html
8. One dead as fire hits residential area in Quezon City [DZBB, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News]
9. It’s time to legalize motorcycles as taxis —Poe [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1773539/its-time-to-legalize-motorcycles-as-taxis-poe
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