TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
3 July
2023, Monday, as of 5:00 p.m.
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1. Tourism ad mess update
- DOT
terminates deal with ad agency in ‘Love the Philippines’ campaign; probes
promotional video
-Ad firm
admits ‘foreign stock footage’ used in PH promo
-Tourism
ad draws flak
[Manila
Times, Philstar, One News PH, Business World, Inquirer, CNN PHL, Pilipino Star
Ngayon, Rappler, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
2. PBBM at PAF 76th anniversary
-PBBM
leads PAF 76th anniversary; says PH Air Force must be resilient amid
‘geopolitical challenges’
-Parreño:
PAF shaping to be more capable, credible, sustainable force
-Romualdez
joins PBBM PAF anniversary celebration
[ABS-CBN
News, Rappler, Manila Times, Inquirer, Daily Tribune, GMA News, CNN PHL, Manila
Bulletin]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1796576/marcos-says-paf-must-be-resilient-amid-geopolitical-challenges
3. PBBM, family surprise Imelda on 94th b-day; Greets mom good health
[Philstar,
Manila Standard, Malaya, One News PH, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Pilipino
Star, Daily Tribune]
https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/314345792/pbbm-family-surprise-imelda-on-94th-b-day.html
4. PBBM inspection of housing project in Pampanga update
-Marcos
to nat'l gov't, LGUs: Build 1-M houses yearly; lauds private sector support to
nat'l housing program
-Acuzar:
Over 100K houses in 4PH program could be used by next year
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/3/marcos-urges-local-nat-l-government-to-reach-housing-goal
5. Marcos able to craft 'very clear, definite' foreign policy in first year of presidency— analyst
- Sara
thanks Marcos as tandem marks first year in office; Hails PBBM for ‘successful’
first year in office
- PBBM,
VP Sara trust, approval ratings ‘stable’, survey says
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, ABS-CBN News, Philstar]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/03/news/national/marcos-gains-in-foreign-policy-lauded
6. Oil price rollback set Tuesday
[Inquirer,
Manila Times, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/03/23/oil-firms-to-cut-diesel-gasoline-prices-on-july-4
-MRT3
files petition to hike fare;
-Improve
your service before increasing fare, Villafurte tells LRT, MRT
-DOTR
says LRT 'deserves' fare hikes after repeated petition denials
[GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, Business Mirror, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer,
Philstar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/874623/mrt3-files-petition-for-fare-hike
8. COVID-19
-Albay
COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 21.6% –OCTA
-DOH
records 2,747 new COVID-19 cases from June 26 to July 2
[GMA
News, Philstar, Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, CNN PHL]
9. Wage and benefits update
-Zubiri
says workers need additional P100 wage hike amid rising cost of goods
-Workers
push for 'living wage'
-DOLE:
Decision on wage hike pleas in 4 regions may be out by September
[Pilipino
Star, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Philstar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/03/23/zubiri-p40-minimum-wage-hike-not-enough
10. Photojournalist shooting update
-PNP: 5
persons of interest in QC shooting of photojourn identified; rules out media
job as reason for shooting
-Niece of
ambushed journo dies
[Daily
Tribune, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer]
11. Congress fast tracks bills to reduce number of jobless Filipinos
[Pilipino
Star, Remate, Pilipino Mirror, RMN News]
12. CHED: Sexual assault at UP Diliman ‘wake-up call’ to review security policy
[GMA
News, Rappler, CNN PHL]
-UP
Diliman student sexually assaulted on campus; security policy review sought
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
