TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
29 August
2023, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
Students attend a flag-raising ceremony before singing the national anthem on the first day of in-person classes after years-long Covid-19 lockdowns at Pedro Guevara Elementary School in Manila on August 22, 2022. AFP / Maria Tan
1. School opening
-22.7
million students troop back to school
-DepEd:
Teachers who violate bare walls policy could face sanctions
-Public
school students welcome new school year as gov't pilot tests decongested
curriculum
-DepEd
records 5-million drop in number of enrollees for SY 2023-24
-PNP
spox: Opening of SY 2023-2024 smooth, peaceful so far
-Lack of
facilities hound first day of classes in public schools
[Rappler,
CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, Philstar, Business Mirror, Inquirer, GMA News]
2. Rice smuggling
-Marcos
tells BOC to boost efforts vs. hoarding, illegal rice importation
-
Informants are entitled to cash rewards—BOC
-BOC: 20
pct commission awaits tipsters on smuggled, hoarded goods
[Philstar,
Abante Tonite, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Manila Times, Inquirer]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/23/marcos-orders-customs-to-beef-up-efforts-vs-hoarding
3. PBBM approves Regional Specialty Centers Act
[Daily
Tribune, CNN PHL, Manila Times, Rappler, Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin,
Philstar]
4. PH, UK relations
- PBBM
meets UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in MalacaΓ±ang
-PH, UK
agree to bolster defense, maritime security ties amid ‘pressing issues of
mutual concern’
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Manila Times, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/23/ph-uk-agree-to-boost-defense-maritime-security-ties
5. Unleash the hero in us, Marcos urges Pinoys
[The
Philippine Star, Manila Times, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/08/29/2292110/unleash-hero-us-marcos-urges-pinoys
6. No evidence for plunder in Pharmally case – Ombudsman
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Rappler, Philstar, GMA News, Malaya, Daily Tribune]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/08/29/2292099/no-evidence-plunder-vs-ps-dbm-pharmally-execs
7. Calatagan oil spill
-Oil
spill feared after fishing vessel sinks off Calatagan, Batangas
-PCG dismisses
oil spill fear in Calatagan vessel sinking
[ABS-CBN
News, Business Mirror, Inquirer, Manila Times, Daily Tribune, CNN PHL, Rappler]
8. Typhoon Goring
-Typhoon
Goring maintains strength; Signal No. 3 in two areas
-‘Goring’
brings heavy rainfall, triggers flooding in several PH provinces
-Miaa:
Local flights canceled due to Typhoon ‘Goring,’ southwest monsoon
-Several
flights have been canceled this today due to unfavorable weather condition
-Classes,
work suspended in Occidental Mindoro due to Goring [Inquirer]
-SC:
Courts in Batanes, Occidental Mindoro suspend work due to inclement weather
-DA
expecting minimal agricultural damage from Goring
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, Philstar, Inquirer, ANC, Manila Times, Inquirer,
Rappler]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1823430/typhoon-goring-maintains-strength-signal-no-3-in-two-areas
9. Ex-cop road rage
-PNP
eyeing more criminal raps vs. ex-cop in viral road rage video
-Ex-cop
in road rage clip stripped of gun license
-Gun-toting
ex-cop dismissed from service for similar offense: PNP
-LTO
suspends license of driver in viral road rage video
-Ex-cop
says he and cyclist settled differences; lawyer says deal forced
[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL,
ABS-CBN News, Philippine Daily Inquirer]
10. Foreign Affairs:
-Philippines,
US, Japan, Australia 'not ganging up' on China over joint drills: AFP
-Brawner
says joint exercises with China looks 'murky'
-‘PHL not
provoking China
-Brawner
bares massive presence of Chinese vessels in South China Sea
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/28/brawner-bares-massive-presence-of-chinese-vessels-in-south-china-sea
11. BSKE
-First
day of COC filing generally peaceful —PNP
-Printing
of BSKE ballots complete
-Garcia:
Special polls in Negros in December after BSKE
-Tragedy
on candidacy day: Albay barangay chairman shot dead amid police deployment
[Manila Times, Manila Standard, Rappler, GMA
News]
12. August 30 declared nonworking holiday in San Juan
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune]
https://tribune.net.ph/2023/08/29/august-30-declared-non-working-holiday-in-san-juan/
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