TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As of 5:00
p.m., Tuesday, 06 February 2024
1. Inflation eases to 2.8 percent in
January
A price list is displayed near a vegetable stall in Guadalupe Public Market in Makati City on January 13, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
[ABS-CBN
News, Business Mirror, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Manila Times,
News5PH, Philstar, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/6/inflation-eases-to-2-8-percent-in-january-903
2. CYBER-ATTACKS
- Marcos
orders PNP: Bolster PH cyber security systems
- China on PH
'cyber attack' claims: 'Highly irresponsible'
- Congress
prods DICT for briefing on attempted hacking of gov’t websites
- Hontiveros
seeks probe into 'major cyberattack' on PH agencies
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Malaya, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, GMA
News, Abante, People’s Journal, People’s Tonight, Pilipino Mirror, Rappler,
Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/6/marcos-orders-pnp-to-bolster-ph-cyber-security-systems
3. HOUSE-SENATE ROW
- House
adopts reso, decries ‘intense assault’ from Senate; Senators suggest dialogue
to settle spat
- House
leaders to senators: Make a stand for or against economic Cha-cha now
- Marcos
could end Congress row on Cha-cha: ex-Senate Presidents
- Escudero to
PBBM: 'Rein in your cousin'
- Imee
demands donors' list of P55-M pro-Chacha ad
[ABS-CBN
News, Business Mirror, Inquirer, GMA News, People’s Tonight, Philstar, Manila
Bulletin, Rappler] https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/02/06/house-adopts-reso-decries-intense-assault-from-senate/
4. CHA-CHA DELIBERATION:
- Angara
mulls simultaneous Cha-cha plebiscite, 2025 midterm polls
- Experts
clash on Senate's economic Cha-cha proposals
- ‘Cha-cha’
could lead to bigger problems, legal experts warn
- Ex-Neda
chief Sicat: Skirting economic provisions cost us
- Ex-justice
Mendoza to Congress: Meet as one, vote split
[ABS-CBN
News, Business World, Manila Standard, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times,
Business Mirror, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/896574/angara-mulls-simultaneous-cha-cha-plebiscite-2025-midterm-polls/story
5. MINDANAO SECESSION
- No
discussion with Marcos regarding One Mindanao issue, says Abalos
- PNP, DND
monitoring groups backing Mindanao secession
- Alvarez
denies sedition, says Mindanao secession cause will be done peacefully
- DOJ, PNP
oppose Mindanao secession
- Palace:
Provincial governors, mayors back ‘one Phl’
[Manila Times,
GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/896585/no-discussion-with-marcos-regarding-one-mindanao-issue-says-abalos/story/?just_in
6. Marcos reviews presidential
appointees' performance; PCO clarifies review not meant to purge
[Daily
Tribune, GMA News, People’s Tonight, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila
Standard]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/5/marcos-reviews-performance-of-presidential-appointees
7.
OCTA: Marcos, Duterte trust, approval ratings up in Q4 2023; Most
Filipinos satisfied with PBBM admin
[Daily
Tribune, Manila Standard, Manila Times, The Philippine STAR, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/6/marcos-duterte-trust-approval-ratings-up-in-q4-2023-octa
8. 6 bishops urge gov't: Protect
fishers, defend territory
[Manila
Standard, Rappler, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/6/6-catholic-bishops-urge-ph-gov-t-to-protect-fishers-defend-territory
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