TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print news monitoring)
13
June 2023, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1.
Volcanic activities:
Residents exercise as Mayon volcano spews white smoke in Legaspi City, Albay on June 7, 2023. Charism Sayat, AFP
-PHIVOLCS:
Mayon unrest may take months as thousands stay in evacuation centers
-Thousands
more residents to be evacuated if Mayon danger zone is extended, mayors say
-Classes
in 18 schools suspended due to Mayon Volcano’s unrest —DepEd
-Marcos
tasks gov't agencies to check need for financial aid for Mayon-affected
families
-Mayon
Volcano unrest forces evacuation of 10,000 farm animals in Albay
-PHIVOLCS
records slight activity from Mt. Kanlaon
-LGUs
ready for possible evacuation if Taal, Kanlaon become more active –NDRRMC
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, Manila Times, Inquirer, Philstar, One News, ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, Remate, DZBB]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/23/phivolcs-mayon-volcano-unrest-may-take-months
2. PHL independence:
-Marcos:
Philippines won’t be subservient to any external force
-Never
again subservient? But foreign powers linger near West PH Sea, says Makabayan
-
Countries greet Philippines on 125th Independence Day
[Business
Mirror, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Philstar, Inquirer,
Malaya]
3. PHL Post issues Independence stamps
[Manila
Times, Journal News, Manila Standard]
4. Marcos in vin d'honneur: My duty to steer to growth felt by all
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]
5. Sara, Tulfo, Leni lead presidential survey
[GMA
News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/06/13/news/sara-tulfo-leni-lead-presidential-survey/1895701
6. Duterte in Brunei:
-Duterte
visits Brunei as SEAMEO president
-Sara
Duterte checks out Brunei education best practices which may be applied in PH
[CNN
PHL, GMA News, Philippine Star]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/12/sara-duterte-brunei-seameo.html
7. Single parents, breastfeeding moms included in gov't food stamp program: officials
[Rappler,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, News5]
8. COVID-19 update
-DOH
logs 6,630 COVID-19 infections from June 5 to 11
-NCR
COVID-19 positivity rate decreased to 11.6% — OCTA
-Herbosa:
Administration of bivalent vaccines must be done immediately
[CNN
PHL, Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/12/23/philippines-logs-6630-covid-19-cases-from-june-5-11
9. DNA samples from crime scene matched 4 Degamo slay suspects, says lawyer
[DZBB,
GMA News, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Rappler]
10. Taguig asks SC to probe Binay's remarks on alleged reopening of BGC case
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, Philstar, Rappler, ABS-CBN News]
11. Quezon now insurgency free
[Philstar,
People’s Journal, Pilipino Mirror]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/06/13/2273396/quezon-province-now-rebel-free
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
