TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
24 July 2023, Monday, as of 5:00 p.m.
-Marcos delivers 2nd SONA
-Sandro Marcos: Pa’s 2nd SONA to last 1
hour and 25 mins, had 'a lot' of revisions
-Ex-President Duterte, Imelda Marcos
skip Marcos' 2nd SONA
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN
Philippines, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, Abante Tonite, Daily Tribune, The Manila Times, Pilipino Star
Ngayon, GMA News, Bulgar, Remate, Rappler] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/24/2283031/live-updates-marcos-state-nation-address-2023
2. Beyond the first year: Expectations for Marcos’ second SONA
-Marcos urged: Present 'battle plan' for
nation
-Ease of doing business tops business
sector’s wish list in SONA
-Address housing woes, says urban poor
groups
-Business groups say: A year after, it’s
game time for BBM
-Labor wants to hear BBM agenda for
workers
-Marcos pressed to state 'concrete'
plans for teachers, education sector
-Solon hopes Marcos will include
Mindanao railway plan in his 2nd Sona
-Amnesty for ex-Moro rebels is
Bangsamoro’s wish during President’s SONA
-Marcos must issue strong message
against climate polluters, says group
-Legarda hopes PBBM to tackle PH's
environmental issues
-‘Concrete ways to address food security
woes needed’
-‘Proactive steps needed vs. El NiΓ±o’
-SONA, Fed decision seen driving market
-Globe presents proposed reforms in
telecom sector
-‘PHL digitization successful if
Marcos’s order followed’
[Philippine Star, Philippine Daily
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Manila Standard, Abante Tonite,
Daily Tribune, The Manila Times, Pilipino Star Ngayon, GMA News, Bulgar,
Remate, News5]
3. Groups mark Marcos’ second SONA with protest to call for urgent actions
-Activists burn "Doble Kara"
PBBM effigy
-Groups call for human rights
protection, wage hike in SONA 2023
-Marcos urged to legislate wage increase
like MIF
-Bayan leads 'People's Sona' ahead of
Marcos' address
-PNP targets zero-violence SONA, but
says ready for the worst
-High-tech drones, 22,000 police secure
SONA 2023
-AFP deploys 500 personnel to augment
PNP during SONA
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Business
Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Manila Standard, Daily
Tribune. GMA News, CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News]
4. Transportation strike pushes through on day of Marcos’ second SONA
[Philippine Daily Inquirer, ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, The Philippine Star, Pilipino Star Ngayon, News5]
5. TYPHOON EGAY:
-More areas in Luzon, Visayas under
Signal No. 2 as typhoon Egay moves closer
-OCD: Over 6,700 barangays nationwide
may be affected by Egay
-PCG on heightened alert
-Private sector employees may opt to
skip work – DOLE
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN
Philippines, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
Rappler]
6. Pinoy families rating themselves as poor down to 45%
[Malaya Business Insight, Manila
Bulletin, CNN Philippines, Rappler]
https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/pinoy-families-rating-themselves-as-poor-down-to-45/
7. COVID-19 threat:
-Wearing face masks voluntary on public
transpo as Marcos lifts public emergency
-Senators call for vigilance despite
lifting of public health emergency
-Concepcion: COVID-19 spawned Pinoy
unity
-Marcos maintains policy on use of
COVID-19 jabs
[Philippine Star, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Daily Tribune, Business Mirror, Remate]
8. LEGISLATIVE:
-Senate, House open for second regular
session
-Budget, Ledac bills priority as
Congress reopens today
-No coup: Zubiri opens Second Regular
Session of Senate
-Senate to ‘sail against the wind,’
won’t be dictated by ‘political weathervane’ — Zubiri
-House to double efforts vs agri
smuggling in 2nd regular session — Romualdez
-Speaker cites reduced inflation,
unemployment under Bongbong Marcos administration
[Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila
Times, GMA News, Rappler, BusinessMirror, Manila Standard, Abante Tonite, Daily
Tribune]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/876702/house-opens-2nd-regular-session-lays-down-priority-bills/story/?just_in
9. MAHARLIKA INVESTMENT FUND:
-Pimentel in talks with groups to
question Maharlika; says he's willing to be co-petitioner
-All eyes on composition of Maharlika
fund’s board
-MIF could attract Malaysian investors
-House Speaker starts Maharlika promo
blitz; says Japan, US, Middle East interested
[CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, Manila
Standard, Business World, The Manila Times, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The
Philippine Star, BusinessMirror] https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/7/24/pimentel-maharlika-co-petitioner.html
10. 2024 NATIONAL BUDGET
-DBM to submit P5.7-T nat’l budget to
Congress
-House eyes approval of P5.76-T budget
by October
[The Philippine Star, Philippine Daily
Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, The Manila Times] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/24/2283355/dbm-submit-p57-trillion-national-budget-congress
11. MUP PENSION REFORM:
-Teodoro: Pension reform law for
soldiers passed by yearend, implementation takes time
-Pensions for retired uniformed
personnel assured
[GMA News, Daily Tribune, The Manila
Times, Pilipino Star Ngayon] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/876727/teodoro-pension-reform-law-for-soldiers-passed-by-yearend-implementation-takes-time/story/
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