TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
21 June
2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa gets his bivalent COVID-19 jab. Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
1. Bivalent vaccine rollout:
-Marcos
tells LGUs: Make sure vulnerable Filipinos get bivalent COVID-19 shots
-Herbosa
gets first bivalent vaccine jab in NCR
[ABS-CBN
News, Rappler, CNN Philippines, GMA News, Manila Times]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/21/23/philippines-rolls-out-bivalent-covid-vaccine
2. Marcos says PHL making progress in talks with China, downplays recent Chinese coast guard shadowing [Business Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/06/21/news/ph-making-progress-in-talks-with-china
3. Zubiri signs Maharlika Investment Fund bill [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]
http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/21/migz-zubiri-signs-maharlika-investment-fund-bill.html
4. PBBM vows bonus for DA personnel, cites agriculture role in development [Bulgar, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard]
5. Sandiganbayan junks bid to present addt'l witness testimony in Marcos ill-gotten wealth case [Abante Tonite, Manila Standard, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/20/sandiganbayan-etpi-case-marcos-family.html
6. Senators reject DOH chief’s plan to hire nursing board flunkers [Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine Star, CNN Philippines]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1790966/senators-reject-doh-chiefs-plan-to-hire-nursing-board-flunkers
7. AFGHAN REFUGEES
-PHL
decision on housing Afghan refugees seen next month
-Duterte
weighs in on Afghan refugee issue
-Bishop
calls for compassion for Afghan refugees
-Housing
Afghans in PHL the highest form of compliance to human rights – senator
[GMA
News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Mirror, ABS-CBN News]
8. Impending LRT fare hike opposed [Bulgar, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1790948/impending-lrt-fare-hike-opposed
9. ‘FE.1’ COVID-19 Omicron subvariant:
-FE.1
variant may cause severe COVID infections
-New
Omicron sublineage FE.1 no cause for alarm –expert
[GMA
News, Manila Times, The Philippine Star, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin]
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