TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
23
January 2024, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
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| President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) reviews honor guards during Armed Forces change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo center in Quezon City, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan, EPA-EFE/File. |
1. No destabilization plot: Retired generals reaffirm support for PBBM and Congress
[Manila
Standard, Business Mirror, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Abante Tonite, Pilipino Star
Ngayon, People’s Tonight, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, People’s
Tonight]
2. Charter change
-
Villanueva: Many senators nixed Cha-cha as House leaders behind people's
initiative
-
Marcos refutes charges of signature-buying for Charter change
-‘Signature
sheets can’t be basis for people’s initiative’
-
Marcos on people's initiative for cha-cha: Let Comelec do its job
-
Comelec chief defends signature counting ahead of People's Initiative petition
-Bato
says House Speaker behind PI signature campaign; Romualdez counters Bato
-OCTA
poll: Only 1 percent believe Cha-cha is urgent
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, People’s Tonight, Manila Standard, News5 PH, ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, DZBB, CNN PHL, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/895082/villanueva-many-senators-no-longer-
3. ICC probe
-PBBM
says ICC threat to sovereignty, gov't will not cooperate in probe
-Bato
to Palace: Man up on ICC probers’ visit
-ICC
must seek permission to enter PH; No official communication from ICC probers –
DOJ
-Arrest
warrant in ICC probe may be issued in Q2 of 2024 – Trillanes
-Trillanes
says witnesses testified Sara Duterte approved 'tokhang' as Davao mayor
[Inquirer,
GMA News, Philstar, Manila Standard, One News PH, Daily Tribune, Rappler, CNN
PHL, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times]
4. Coldplay concert and
traffic
-Coldplay
concert ‘unmissable’ for chopper-riding, ‘music lover’ Marcos
-Philippines
president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay
concert
-Manila
traffic, ‘insane’—Coldplay lead singer
[The
Guardian, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times,
People’s Tonight, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/23/marcos-says-coldplay-concert-was-unmissable
5. UN rapporteur visit
-UN
rapporteur arrives to check free speech in Philippines
-Groups
troop to DOJ to demand release of Tacloban-based journalist
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Standard, CNN PHL, GMA News, Remate, Inquirer, Business Mirror,
Philstar, Malaya, GMA News]
[Philstar,
ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Malaya, Business Mirror, GMA News]
6. Marcos reactivates
El NiΓ±o task force; Conserve power, BBM orders gov’t agencies
[Manila
Times, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Business World, Rappler, Manila Times, Manila
Standard, Daily Tribune, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://manilastandard.net/news/314409527/marcos-reactivates-task-force-el-nino.html
7. PBBM leads 125th
Anniversary of First PH Republic in Bulacan
-Marcos
leads rites for 125th anniversary of First Philippine Republic
-PH
will continue to resist threats over its territory—Marcos
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, News5, Manila Standarad]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/23/ph-will-continue-to-resist-threats-over-its-territory-marcos
8. WPS
-PH’s
first 2024 resupply mission to Ayungin thwarted… by boat repairs
-Most
Filipinos want expanded naval patrols, troop presence in WPS —OCTA Research
survey
-NSC
blasts latest Chinese moves
-PCG’s
absence at Scarborough questioned amid China’s harassment
-PH
losing out on China investments due to SCS dispute – trade group
-PH
Navy airdrops supplies to BRP Sierra Madre – source
[Inquirer,
CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Rappler, Daily
Tribune, Inquirer, GMA New]
9. Quiboloy case
-Senate
panel subpoenas Apollo Quiboloy over alleged sexual abuse
-Apollo
Quiboloy no show during Senate panel hearing
-3
women tell Senate panel how Quiboloy sexually abused them
[Manila Times, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, CNN PHL,
Philstar, Inquirer, News5 PH, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
GMA News]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/23/senate-panel-quiboloy-subpoena.html
10. Philippines'
involuntary hunger rises to 12.6% in December 2023 —SWS
[GMA
News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]
11. Marcos orders
reorganization of NICA to adapt to 'evolving' threats
[Inquirer,
GMA News, Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/895041/marcos-orders-reorganization-of-nica-to-adapt-to-evolving-threats
12. Marcos leads launching of Lung Transplant Program of LCP-NKTI
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News]
13. VP Sara Duterte to
run in next election
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/23/24/vp-sara-duterte-to-run-in-next-election
14. NTC orders SMNI to
stop operations indefinitely
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Rappler, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1892851/fwd-ntc-orders-smni-to-stop-operations-indefinitely
15. House launches
'Congress TV'
[People’s
Journal, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Businesswrold, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL,
Inquirer]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/22/CongressTV-launch.html
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