TOP STORIES - Sunday, June 30, 2024

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)

As of 4:00 p.m., 30 June 2024, Sunday

1. VICE PRESIDENCY

- VP sara says she will not seek confidential funds from gov’t in 2025

-  VP Sara rejects tag as ‘opposition leader’

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, The Manila Times]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314465726/vp-sara-says-she-will-not-seek-confidential-funds-from-govt-in-2025

2. We know where Bantag is – DOJ

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/06/30/2366584/we-know-where-bantag-doj

3. ​Boat engine explosion injures 2 Filipino fishers near Bajo de Masinloc

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/30/-boat-engine-explosion-injures-2-filipino-fishers-near-bajo-de-masinloc-1121

4. Five dead, 38 injured in Mindanao firecracker depot blast

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Standard, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/06/30/news/five-dead-38-injured-in-mindanao-firecracker-depot-blast/1954194

5. Cybercrimes up by 21% during the first quarter of 2024, says PNP; Marbil tells cops to stop moonlighting

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1956499/cybercrimes-up-by-21-during-the-first-quarter-of-2024-says-pnp

6. Baguio Midland Courier to cease operations after 77 years

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/6/30/baguio-midland-courier-to-cease-operations-after-77-years-1310

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