TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As
of 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, 24 April 2024
1. Palace debunks viral deepfake video of President
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, The Manila Times, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1932919/palace-on-bbm-deepfake
2. LIZA-SARA FEUD:
-Marcos:
Sara keeps DepEd; Liza just ‘not used to politics’
-Imee
distances self from Sara-Liza feud
[Inquirer,
The Philippine Star, Manila Standard, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Abante, Bulgar,
People’s Tonight, Pilipino Star NGAYON]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1932883/marcos-sara-keeps-deped-liza-just-not-used-to-politics
3. FOOD SECURITY
-Marcos:
PHL rice supply enough despite El Niño
-Marcos
eyeing more cold storage facilities to prevent post-harvest losses
-House
probes gap in basic goods' farmgate, retail prices
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Abante, The Philippine STAR, The Manila Times,
GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/904508/marcos-rice-supply-enough-el-nino/story/
4. Self-rated poverty,
hunger decline in Q1 2024 — OCTA
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, People’s Journal, People’s Tonight, The
Manila Times]
5. Number of Chinese
vessels surges in West Philippine Sea amid Balikatan
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Malaya, Philstar,
Rappler] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/04/24/2350094/number-chinese-vessels-surges-west-philippine-sea-amid-balikatan
6. DMW bans deployment of
Pinoy seafarers to Red Sea, Gulf of Aden-bound passenger, cruise ships
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, Inquirer]
7. Marcos rejects
increasing illegal parking fines in Metro Manila
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar, The Manila Times, Rappler, Inquirer]
8. QCPD sues transport
group Manibela for ‘disruptive behavior’ during strike
[Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Rappler]
9. Red Alert over Luzon,
Visayas grids; Mindanao on Yellow Alert
[Inquirer,
Business World, Daily Tribune, DZBB, ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, GMA News]
10. HEAT INDEX:
-‘Dangerous’
heat index may be felt in Metro Manila, 29 other areas
-Several
on-site classes suspended today amid threat of extreme heat
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
11. Ex-senator Rene
Saguisag passes away; tributes pour in, Senate flag at half-mast
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Business Mirror, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Rappler, The
Manila Times]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1933003/former-senator-rene-saguisag-dies
12. EJKs remain a serious
problem in PH — US gov't report
[BusinessWorld,
GMA News, Malaya, Philstar] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/04/24/2350107/ejk-remains-serious-problem-philippines-us-state-department
13. Solons urge PNP to
reconsider tattoo policy
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Philstar, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/904621/solons-pnp-tattoo-policy/story/
14. PNP firearms office
recommends revocation of Quiboloy’s gun license
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler]
15. DepEd says report of 2
teachers dying of heatstroke 'misleading'
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
16. CA affirms dismissal of
3 BI officers involved in 'pastillas' scam
[GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, Business Mirror]
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