TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
31 May
2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
Photo by ANNA FELICIA BAJO
1. Maharlika Investment Fund
-Marcos
assures public: State pension funds out in Maharlika
-NEDA’s
Balisacan: Maharlika fund won’t increase PH debt
[Inquirer,
CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News, Philstar]
2. Degamo successor Guido Reyes dies; VG Sagarbarria takes place
[ABS-CBN
News, Rappler, GMA News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/23/degamo-successor-guido-reyes-dies
3. PHL debt balloons to record high P13.91T as of end-April 2023
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
4. Marcos to Inday Sara on her 45th birthday: Ignore the ‘tambaloslos’
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, GMA News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/23/ignore-the-tambaloslos-marcos-tells-vp-sara-on-her-birthday
5. Oriental Mindoro radio broadcaster shot dead; TF formed
[ABS-CBN
News, DZBB, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Rappler, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2023/5/31/Oriental-Mindoro-radio-broadcaster-shot-dead
6. Appointment
-DOTr
names comms exec Hector Villacorta as LTO officer-in-charge
-Ex-DOTr
chief, 85 other AFP officers secure CA nod
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Rappler, Inquirer]
7. BSP expects May inflation to cool down further to 5.8% or stay at 6.6%
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
8. PBBM tells VP Sara: Don’t mind shameless people
[GMA
News, Manila Times, Inquirer]
9. Court of Tax Appeals affirms acquittal Ressa and Rappler of their tax evasion cases
[Rappler,
CNN PHL, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/31/2270466/tax-appeals-court-affirms-ressa-rappler-holdings-corp-acquittal
10. DOJ, EU agency to establish working arrangements vs transnational crimes
[GMA
News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
