TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
03
September 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 pm.
1. Govt to mobilize 'rice price monitors'
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DTI, DA, LGUs to deploy teams to enforce rice price ceiling
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DILG to launch nationwide rice price cap info drive
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Violators of rice retail price cap may face fines of up to P1M —DTI exec
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NEDA: Rice price ceiling not permanent
-'Ayuda'
for rice retailers amid price cap? Romualdez says it's an option
[Manila
Times, ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, The Philippine STAR, Manila Standard,
Manila Bulletin, GMA News] https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/09/03/news/national/govt-to-mobilize-rice-price-monitors/1908207
2. Rice retailers to defy price caps, cite losses
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CdO rice vendors balk at price cap
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Lagman suggests farmers' subsidy alongside rice price cap
[Philippine
Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1825734/rice-retailers-to-defy-price-caps-cite-losses
3. APPOINTEES:
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INC's Manalo named envoy for OFW concerns
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Nat’l Treasurer Rosalia de Leon named as new Monetary Board member
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, The Philippine STAR]
4. NTF-ELCAC:
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Año: PH insurgency-free before Marcos steps down
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Año welcomes Church in drive vs insurgency
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Bishop clarifies CBCP’s involvement with NTF-ELCAC
[Inquirer,
Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1825767/ano-ph-insurgency-free-before-marcos-steps-down
5. Anti-trafficking council suspends travel guidelines
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Times, GMA News, Manila Bulletin] https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/09/03/news/national/anti-trafficking-council-suspends-travel-guidelines/1908221
6. WEATHER UPDATES:
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Signal No. 1 remains over Batanes, Babuyan Islands due to Hanna
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Two dead, over 400,000 affected by 'habagat' due to 'Hanna', 'Goring'
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Agricultural damage due to Typhoon Goring reaches nearly P900 million
[GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inqurer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
7. ‘Morale-boosting’: Depite flak senators defend West PH Sea shirts in Gilas vs. China World Cup match
[Rappler,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL] ‘Morale-boosting’: Depite flak senators defend West PH
Sea shirts in Gilas vs. China World Cup match
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