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TOP STORIES - Monday, April 8, 2024

TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)

As of 5:00 p.m., Monday, 08 April 2024

1. QUIBOLOY CASE:

-Marcos says Quiboloy ‘tail-wagging’ for making demands for his surrender

-DOJ: Quiboloy cannot impose conditions for surrender

-Hontiveros dares Quiboloy to come out, face Senate

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, News5, The Manila Times]  https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-responds-quiboloy-making-demands-surrender

2. METRO MANILA TRAFFIC WOES:

- Marcos: Develop nearby provinces to solve Metro Manila’s traffic woes

- Marcos Jr. says gov’t officials to lead improved road discipline to ease traffic congestion

- Government sets traffic summit this week

[Abante Tonite, ABS-CBN News, Bulgar, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Philippine STAR, People’s Journal, People’s Tonight]

https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314433529/marcos-develop-nearby-provinces-to-solve-metro-manilas-traffic-woes.html

3. WEST PHL SEA:

- PBBM hopes joint naval drills will help ease tensions in WPS

- VP Duterte 'no comment'  on continued China bullying

- AFP: Naval drills in West Philippine Sea successful

- China conducts own ‘combat patrols’ in South China Sea

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Malaya, Manila Standard, News5, Rappler, Abante Tonite, Philstar] https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/6/pbbm-hopes-joint-naval-drills-will-help-ease-tensions-in-wps

4. Marcos urges stakeholders to identify energy locations in Visayas

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, The Manila Times] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/902956/marcos-energy-locations-visayas/story

5. Marcos: No need to declare nationwide state of calamity due to El Niño

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1927509/marcos-no-need-to-declare-nationwide-state-of-calamity-due-to-el-nino

6. PBBM to sign bill creating Negros Island Region

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, News5, The Manila Times, Inquirer] https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/08/news/marcos-to-sign-negros-island-region-act-into-law/1940404

7. DENR cancels deal with Socorro group, to relocate settlers from protected area

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Rappler] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/902978/denr-cancels-deal-with-socorro-group-to-relocate-settlers-from-protected-area/story/

8. Binay presses review of retirees' visa, notes Chinese mafia' holding special PH visas alarming

[Philstar, Business Mirror, Manila Standard, Inquirer] https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/04/07/nancy-urges-pra-anew-be-careful-on-retiree-visa-grants/

9. Oil price hike set Tuesday

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, News5, GMA News, The Manila Times] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/04/08/2346176/oil-price-hike-set-april-9

10. MECO hands out assistance quake-hit OFWs in Taiwan

[Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, People’s Journal, Pilipino Mirror, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR] https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314433486/meco-hands-out-assistance-quake-hit-ofws-in-taiwan.html

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