TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As of 5:00 p.m., 18 April
2024, Thursday
1. Marcos among Time's '100 Most Influential People of 2024'
[ABS-CBN News, Business
Mirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar, Rappler, Pilipino
Star NGAYON, TIME]
2. Do not waste time on
hecklers, trolls, Marcos urged
[Daily Tribune, Manila
Standard, Inquirer, The Manila Times]
3. Marcos sets a grace
period before ban on e-bikes, e-trikes is enforced
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News,
Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, News5, Rappler, Philstar]
4. Luzon and Visayas grids
on red, yellow alert again; DOE asks public to reduce power consumption
[GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, Rappler]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/18/luzon-grid-on-red-alert-again-on-thursday-april-18-1023
5. China told:
‘Peace-loving’ nations won’t take US-PH-Japan meet as threat
[GMA News, Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, Inquirer]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/232426/china-told-us-japan-ph-summit-shouldnt-be-treated-as-threat
6. BALIKATAN EXERCISES:
-Philippine Coast Guard to
join military drills with US for first time
-Speaker seeks expanded
Balikatan, appeals for increased US aid
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer,
Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, The Manila Times]
7. WEST PHL SEA:
-China claims Marcos admin
knows WPS ‘deal’ with Duterte, new handling of row
-Roque says Cayetano knows
about ‘secret agreement’ with China
-Chinese Embassy slams
‘malicious’ claims vs surge of Chinese students in Cagayan
-'Probe presence of
Chinese nationals near EDCA sites'
[BusinessMirror, GMA News,
Manila Bulletin, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Remate, Inquirer]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/232437/china-marcos-admin-knows-wps-deal-with-duterte-new-handling-of-row
8. DFA verifying deaths of
2 Pinoys in flood-stricken Dubai
[ABS-CBN News, Manila
Bulletin] https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/18/dfa-verifying-deaths-of-2-pinoys-in-flood-stricken-dubai
9. SC urged to block
Comelec-Miru contract for 2025 polls
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/18/sc-urged-to-block-comelec-miru-contract-for-2025-polls-1004
10. ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
-Batangas drug haul only
P9.68 billion
-P218 M 'shabu' shipment
seized, consignee falls at NAIA
[ABS-CBN News, Philstar,
Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/04/18/2348485/batangas-drug-haul-only-p968-billion
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