TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
13 September
2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
-Marcos
arrives in Singapore for Asian Conference
-Marcos
to tackle PH priorities at Asia Summit
[GMA
News, Daily Tribune, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard]
2. Marcos impatient over national IDs release delay; DICT acting on it
Nat’l
digital ID to deploy by year-end — DICT chief
[GMA
News, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, CNN Philippines]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/13/23/marcos-growing-impatient-over-national-id-delays-dict
3. PBBM’s BIRTHDAY
-Marcos
Jr's birthday wish? A 'fixed' agri sector
-VP
Duterte’s birthday wish for Marcos: Successful presidency
-'Remember
your positive impact to the country,' Romualdez tells Marcos on birthday
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin, Abante, Rappler, Inquirer, Manila Times, Manila
Standard]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/12/23/marcos-jrs-birthday-wish-a-fixed-agri-sector
4. RICE PRICE CAP
-After
initial supply crunch, rice price cap EO ‘going well’–PBBM
-NCR LGUs
support rice price cap, vow assistance to affected retailers
[News5,
BusinessMirror, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
5. RICE SUBSIDY
-Comelec
OKs DSWD request to exempt subsidy for rice retailers from election ban
-Las
Piñas agri office provides cash assistance to rice retailers
[The
Philippine Star, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Abante, Daily
Tribune, Manila Bulletin]
6. Hontiveros urges Senate to probe ‘uncoordinated,’ ‘contradicting’ policies on rice regulation
[Rappler,
Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, CNN Philippines]
7. PHL offers assistance to quake-hit Morocco
-DMW:
Around 350-400 Filipinos might have been affected by Morocco quake
[The
Philippine Star, BusinessMirror, Manila Bulletin, People’s Journal, Abante, GMA
News]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1830730/ph-ready-to-help-quake-hit-morocco’
8. AGRARIAN REFORM
PBBM
extends agrarian debt moratorium for 2 more years
-Speaker
Romualdez hails PBBM for extending moratorium on debt payment of ARBs
[Manila
Bulletin, The Daily Tribune, Pilipino Star Ngayon, People’s Tonight]
https://tribune.net.ph/2023/09/12/pbbm-greenlights-agrarian-debt-moratorium-extension/
9. Marcos inks IRR of Agrarian Reform Act, 600K ARBs to benefit from condonation
-Completion
of New Agrarian Emancipation Law IRR is Marcos' best birthday gift
[BusinessMirror,
Manila Bulletin, CNN Philippines]
10. CA OKs appointment of Teodoro as DND chief
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, CNN Philippines, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
11. Marcos orders strengthened intellectual property system
-Marcos
tasks IPOPHL to work with WIPO to strengthen PHL’s IP regime
[Manila
Standard, BusinessMirror, Inquirer]
12. CAGAYAN QUAKE
-PHIVOLCS:
99 aftershocks recorded after magnitude 6.3 Cagayan earthquake
-5
injured after magnitude 6.3 quake in Cagayan —OCD
[GMA
News, Manila Times, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News]
13. 2024 NATIONAL BUDGET
-House
panel finishes deliberations on proposed 2024 budget
-Plenary
debates on 2024 budget bill to start on Sept. 19
-Livelihood
programs priorities under proposed 2024 budget —DBM
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, CNN Philippines, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Manila Standard]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/13/23/house-panel-ends-deliberations-on-proposed-2024-budget
14. PH deadliest nation in Asia for environmental defenders for a decade – study
[CNN
Philippines, GMA News, PhilStar, Rappler, Inquirer]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/13/ph-deadliest-nation-environmental-defenders-2022.html
15. Wage board OKs P33 minimum wage hike in Central Visayas
[GMA
News, CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, Rappler]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/13/central-visayas-wage-hike-2023.html
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