TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
19
July 2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. MAHARLIKA INVESTMENT FUND
-Marcos
sees ‘progress’ with Maharlika, vows no politics
-Marcos:
Maharlika fund will be well-run
-PBBM
and Diokno said they won’t be part of board to manage fund
-Diokno:
Finance chief to sit as an ex officio in Maharlika
-Growth,
infra boost eyed with Maharlika
-MIF
advocates tout ‘trillions’ in investible funds, sources
-Peso
weaker after MIF okay
-Economic
team assures MIF beneficial to PH
-Maharlika
Fund constitutionally sound–Zubiri
-Villar:
MIF timely for Phl economic recovery
-Speaker:
MIF vehicle for infra financing sans new taxes, foreign debt
-'Prudent'
of PBBM to shield MIF from politics—Romualdez
-Presidential
appointee with ‘impeccable reputation’ should manage Maharlika fund – Villar
-'This
is personal': Recto says economic managers should silence critics on MIF
-MIF
law to expand gov't fiscal opportunities – Bicol lawmakers
[The
Manila Times, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin,
Bulgar, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, Pilipino Mirror,
People’s Tonight, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Pilipino Star Ngayon]
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/07/19/marcos-sees-progress-with-maharlika-vows-no-politics/
2. MIF OPPOSITION
-Pimentel,
Hontiveros slam signing of Maharlika fund law
-Maharlika
Fund Law signing ‘a sad day in PH history,' says Koko
-Sen.
Pimentel sees ‘tough’ legal obstacles for Maharlika Fund Act
-First
year of Marcos presidency was wasted, says Hontiveros
-Maharlika
seen passing SC scrutiny
-Education
workers slam PBBM over ‘hasty’ enactment of Maharlika law
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Abante Tonite, Inquirer]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/18/pimentel-hontiveros-slam-signing-of-maharlika-fund-law
3. ICC PHL CASE
-ICC
rejects PH appeal to stop drug war probe
-DOJ
chief Remulla to ICC: Keep off PH territory or it will be a mess
-Marcos
admin 'disappointed' with ICC's decision, stresses minority position
-OSG
'disappointed' while victims' families, groups welcome ICC decision to resume
drug war probe
-Ex-pres.
Duterte 'shrugs off' ICC junking of PH gov't appeal
-Dela
Rosa, ‘tokhang’ enforcer, unfazed by tribunal decision
-After
ICC junks PH gov’t appeal, kin of drug war victims feel ‘closer to justice’
-DOJ
chief nixes ICC drug probe as “unnecessary’
-Hontiveros
presses PH anew to cooperate with ICC probe into killings under Duterte
-Zubiri:
Without a local court order, Senate won’t allow ICC to arrest Dela Rosa
-Duterte,
Bato advised not to go to countries with ICC jurisdiction
-Bato
says won't travel to ICC-member countries if arrest warrant out
[Philippine
Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, CNN
Philippines, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Bulgar, Daily Tribune, BusinessMirror,
Manila Standard, Malaya, Rappler, People’s Journal, Pilipino Star Ngayon,
Abante]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/216702/icc-rejects-ph-appeal-to-stop-drug-war-probe
4. SONA 2023
-Bayan
sees 'bigger' protests on Marcos' 2nd SONA
-Military
intensifies security for SONA
-PNP
to deploy 25K cops for SONA
-VP
Duterte leads confirmed SONA guests
-Zubiri
wants Marcos to bare Maharlika-funded projects in SONA
-MMDA,
groups set to negate SONA strikes
-Private
school teachers seek higher minimum pay
-Ex-Pres.
Duterte confirmed attendance to SONA 2023 —House SecGen
-Quezon
City suspends classes on July 24 for Marcos' 2nd SONA
[CNN
Philippines, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine
Star, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, Daily Tribune, Abante Tonite, Pilipino
Star Ngayon, People’s Tonight]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/7/19/bigger-protests-in-second-SONA.html
5. EX PRES. DUTERTE-XI MEETING
-Marcos
says he knew about Duterte’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping
-Marcos
‘sure’ Duterte to brief gov’t on Xi meeting
-PBBM
hopes for ‘progress’ in PH-China relations after Duterte-Xi meeting
-Marcos
hopes Duterte and Xi tackled issues on West PH Sea during meeting
-Duterte
offers to promote PH-China ties
[Rappler,
Daily Tribune, The Manila Times, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, The Philippine Star,
Bulgar, Manila Standard, Abante Tonite, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/ferdinand-marcos-knew-about-rodrigo-duterte-xi-jinping/
6. GOV’T FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
-PHL
rolls out food stamp program in Tondo
-Marcos
confident gov't can sustain Food Stamp Program as long as PH needs it
-‘More
than aid, food stamp drive to boost nutrition’
-President
hopes to end 4PS soon, reach zero-hunger target by ‘28
[ABS-CBN
News, The Manila Times, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Manila
Standard, Daily Tribune, Rappler, People’s Tonite, Abante Tonite, Manila
Bulletin]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/23/philippines-rolls-out-food-stamp-program-in-tondo
7. NAIA privatization gets green light from NEDA
[ABS-CBN
News, Rappler, Manila Times, Inquirer, Manila Times, CNN Philippines]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/7/19/neda-naia-ppp-project.html
8. Marcos orders agencies to look for idle land for housing
-Marcos
names ‘Pambansang Pabahay’ or ‘4PH’ as his flagship program
[ABS-CBN
News, News5, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/19/23/marcos-orders-agencies-to-look-for-idle-land-for-housing
9. Ex-LTFRB chair Vigor Mendoza is new LTO chief
[Manila
Times, DZBB, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/19/news/marcos-names-new-lto-chief/1901350
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