TODAY’S
TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As
of 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 30 May 2024
1. MARCOS IN SINGAPORE:
-Marcos arrives in
Singapore to speak at Asia’s top defense summit
-No extra
precautions during Marcos' visit to Singapore amid COVID spike —PH Embassy
[ABS-CBN News,
Daily Tribune, GMA News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila
Times, Inquirer]
2. SENATE
LEADERSHIP CHANGE:
-Marcos denies
hand in Zubiri ouster but knew about plot
-Zubiri takes a
3-week break from 'backstabbing'
[Abante, ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, People’s Journal,
People’s Tonight, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Rappler, The Manila Times, The
Philippine STAR, Manila Standard]
3. WEST PHL SEA
DISPUTE:
-China says PHL
shouldn't 'worry' about new coast guard rules
-Marcos still open
to backchannel talks, ‘any point of contact’ with China despite WPS tension
-AFP rejects
China's arrest policy, fishing ban in West Philippine Sea
-Environmental
case vs China completed 'in a few weeks' —DOJ
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessMirror, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908435/china-philippines-coast-guard-rules/story/
4. CHINESE SPY
CONTROVERSY:
-Hontiveros
releases documents on possible identity of Alice Guo’s mother
-Gatchalian wants
Guo out of NPC over alleged ties to illegal POGO
[Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908475/hontiveros-mayor-alice-guo-mother/story/
5. PAGASA declares official start of rainy season
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1946269/pagasa-declares-official-start-of-rainy-season
6. NDRRMC reports
P21.6-M agri damage due to 'Aghon'
[GMA News,
Inquirer, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/30/2359105/p216-million-agri-damage-reported-due-aghon
7. DOJ lauds SC
order transferring Quiboloy's cases from Davao City to QC RTC
[BusinessMirror,
Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin]
8. DOJ expects
Timor-Leste's court to rule on Teves' deportation on June 20 or earlier
[ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
9. COMELEC
releases schedule of activities for 2025 midterm, BARMM polls
[BusinessMirror,
Philstar, GMA News]
© Philippine
Information Agency Monitoring Unit
