TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As of 5:00 p.m., 21 May 2024, Tuesday
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| Sen. Francis 'Chiz' Escudero takes his oath as the new Senate president on May 20, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News |
1. SENATE LEADERSHIP CHANGES:
-Marcos extends support to Escudero as new
Senate president
-House Speaker welcomes designation of Escudero
as Senate president
-House majority leader sees Cha-cha moving
under Escudero
[Abante Tonite, ABS-CBN News, Bulgar, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Pilipino
Star NGAYON, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]
2. GENTLEMAN’S
AGREEMENT PROBE:
-Duterte admin execs: No gentleman's agreement
with China
-Medialdea: Ayungin status quo deal started in
2013 under Gazmin
-China envoy first mentioned Ayungin Shoal deal
in 2021—Lorenzana
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, News5]
3. BAMBAN MAYOR
CONTROVERSY:
-Another red flag: Hontiveros bares Bamban
Mayor Alice Guo’s ‘ties to criminals’
-Guo says she’s a love child, a Filipino, and
not a Chinese spy
-DILG revokes Mayor Guo's authority over Bamban
police
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philstar,
The Manila Times, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/hontiveros-bares-ties-criminals-bamban-tarlac-mayor-alice-guo/
4. Marcos
expresses condolences for death of Iranian President Raisi
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, People’s Journal,
Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]
5. Marcos cites
PH’s strategic spot in Indo-Pacific to gain opportunities
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Daily
Tribune, Inquirer]
6. Trust ratings decline for Marcos, Duterte
[Abante, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Philippine STAR, The Manila Times]
7. Nothing was
done on Yolanda rehab in past administrations —Marcos
[Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine
STAR, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1942756/marcos-nothing-was-done-in-yolanda-rehab
8. Marcos sees
end of Northern Samar insurgency within his term
[Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Standard, News5, The Philippine STAR]
9. Doctors urged
to report COVID cases even as PH in low-risk category
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin,
Philstar, The Manila Times]
10. MMDA extends
grace period for e-bike, e-trike ban violators
[GMA News, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]
11. CA defers
confirmation of Cacdac as Migrant Workers secretary
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1942997/ca-defers-confirmation-of-cacdac-as-migrant-workers-secretary
12. 2 people
injured as Cessna flips after crash
[Daily Tribune, Inquirer, The Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/05/21/news/2-people-injured-as-cessna-flips-after-crash/1947682
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