TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
28 September
2023, Thursday, as of 5:00 p.m.
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1. Marcos signs ‘Trabaho’ Act into law to craft job generation masterplan
-SFMR:
Trabaho Para sa Bayan Act shows PBBM’s dedication
[ABS-CBN
Newsm Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin, People’s Tonight, The Manila Times, The
Philippine Star, People’s Journal, Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Daily
Tribune, BusinessMirror]
2. SOCORRO BAYANIHAN
-'Itong
mga bata, nagyayabang lang': Alleged cult leader denies child abuse allegations
Alleged
Socorro cult leader personally attends Senate hearing
-Socorro
'cult' victims bare ordeal, abuse in Senate hearing
-Senate
orders detention of 4 leaders of alleged Socorro cult
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, CNN Philippines, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/28/23/alleged-cult-leader-denies-child-abuse-allegations
3. House approves 2024 budget on final reading
[CNN
Philippines, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/27/house-approves-2024-budget.html
4. MARCOS-MACRON TALK
-Marcos,
Macron tackle WPS issue over phone call
-Marcos
thanks Macron for supporting PH in WPS issue
-French
ministers to visit Philippines to strengthen bilateral ties
[Manila
Bulletin, CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/28/french-ministers-visit-ph.html
5. PH universities drop in Times
rankings, Ateneo still on top
[Manila
Times, CNN Philippines, Rappler, ABS-CBN News]
6. Zero tolerance for corruption,
human rights abuse in PNP – PBBM
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Philippine Star, Daily Tribune]
7. Prioritize farm-to-market
roads
[The
Manila Times, The Philippine Star, BusinessMirror]
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/09/28/expanding-fmr-network-will-hike-farm-output/
8. Over P76M worth of 'cocaine'
seized at NAIA; 2 suspects arrested
[GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, CNN Philippines, Manila Times]
9. PH launches 10-year innovation
plan
-Marcos:
Changes in education curriculum, strengthened spending for development to drive
PH forward
[Manila
Bulletin, CNN Philippines, Manila Standard]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/9/27/ph-launches-10-year-innovation-plan
10. OVP BUDGET
-Sara
insists P125 million confidential funds spent in 19 days
-Lagman
on confidential funds for OVP: Invalid but not impeachable offense
-Did the
OVP's confidential funds go through proper channels? Lagman says SARO shows
otherwise
-Lawmaker
guarantees reallocation of OVP, DepEd confidential funds
-OVP says
it has yet to get COA memo on 2022 spending
[PhilStar,
Inquirer, GMA News, CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News]
11. Congress to realign OVP, DepEd confidential funds to security forces
[PhilStar,
GMA News, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]
12. WEST PHL SEA
-Wescom
wary: China’s next barriers may be at Ayungin
-PH to
remove floating barriers if China installs them in Ayungin Shoal
-PH bent
on retaking Scarborough Shoal
-Coast
Guard urges fishers to continue operations at Scarborough
[Philippine
Daily Inquirer, CNN PHL Online, Manila Times, PhilStar]
13. China on PH's removal of
floating barrier: 'Nothing more than self-amusement'
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Pilipino Star Ngayon]
14. Ex-NEDA chief 'disappointed'
after Marcos rejected proposal to cut rice tariffs
-‘Tariff
cuts could slash rice farmers’ income by P8/kg’
[CNN
Philippines, Bulgar, Pilipino Star Ngayon, BusinessMirror]
15. Senate ratifies bicam report on PPP bill
[CNN
Philippines, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/28/senate-ratifies-ppp-bill.html
16. Senate adopts bicam report on
Ease of Paying Taxes bill
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, BusinessMirror]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/9/28/senate-adopts-bicam-report-on-ease-of-paying-taxes-bill
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