TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
22
October 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 p.m.
A Philippine resupply vessel on a mission to reach Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is blocked and hit by a China Coast Guard vessel on Sunday, October 22, 2023. Screenshot from video courtesy of Rey Powell posted on X.
1.West PHL Sea
-China
says it 'lawfully' blocked Philippine ships going to disputed shoal
-US,
Canada call Chinese vessels collision with PH ships 'disruption', 'unjustified'
[Inquirer,
CNN PHL, GMA News, Reuters, ABS-CBN News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Times, News5PH] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/885919/china-says-it-lawfully-blocked-philippine-ships-going-to-disputed-shoal/story/?just_in
2. PBBM Saudi trip
-BBM back
in Philippines after ‘successful’ Saudi trip
-Marcos
back from Asean-GCC Summit
-Marcos:
Saudi now processing unpaid wages of 10,000 OFWs
-Unite
for peace, PBBM exhorts ASEAN, GCC
-Call for
Truce
[Philstar,
Manila Times, Abante, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, People’s Journal, GMA New, Manila
Standard, Inquirer]
3. OFW concerns
-Marcos
assures support for Pinoys in Mideast countries
-Marcos
Jr: PH-Kuwaiti relations to normalize; deployment bans to 'end'
-90 OFWs
repatriated from Saudi
-Kuwaiti
Crown Prince keen on normalizing Kuwait-PH ties—DFA
[Philstar,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Abante, Abante
Tonite, People’s Tonight, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/10/22/marcos-ensures-support-for-protection-of-pinoys-in-gulf-countries
4. Marcos: Gulf states want to take part in
MIF
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, Daily Tribune, Abante, Manila Times]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/10/20/marcos-gulf-states-want-to-take-part-in-mif
5. Israel-Hamas war
-Philippine
OKs voluntary repatriation in Lebanon as tension with Israel grows
-DFA
hopes Filipinos in Lebanon repatriate while it's still easy
-Body of
OFW killed in Israel-Hamas war arrives in PH
-Aid
trucks enter Egypt's Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip
-Israel
attacks Damascus, Aleppo airports, puts them out of service —report
[GMA
News, Manila Times, Inquirer, Manila Standard, PhilStar]
6. BSKE
-PNP to
go on full alert before BSKE until Undas 2023
-Comelec
warns BSKE 2023 candidates using gender insensitive jingles
-341 BSKE
bets tagged for illegal campaign
[Daily
Tribune, DZMM, ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, GMA News]
7. Northrail abolished [Manila Bulletin]
North
Luzon Railways Corp abolished [Philstar]
PBBM
binuwag Northrail project ni GMA
Marcos
abolishes Northrail 4 years after deactivation [Inquirer]
[Manila
Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Philstar, Bulgar, Philippine Daily Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1849388/marcos-abolishes-northrail-4-years-after-deactivation
8. 1 killed in motor tanker fire at Batangas
anchorage
[ABS-CBN
News, Philstar, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/10/22/2305719/one-dead-fire-hits-tanker-batangas
9. Cloudy skies, rains over norther Luzon due
to northeast monsoon
[GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer]
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