TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As of 5:00
p.m., 02 July 2024, Tuesday
1. NEW DEPED SECRETARY:
-Senator Sonny Angara
named new Education secretary
-Lawmakers, DepEd
welcome Angara’s appointment
-Angara's Senate seat
to remain vacant until 2025 polls —COMELEC
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Standard, News5, Philstar, The Manila Times, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sonny-angara-named-new-department-education-secretary
2. Marcos OKs proposed P6.352-T national budget
for 2025
[ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar, Rappler, GMA News]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/911956/marcos-proposed-2025-budget/story/
3. Marcos, Malaysian Foreign Minister meet in Malacañang
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine STAR]
4. PHL condemns North Korea for raising
tensions in Indo-Pacific with latest missile launch
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times]
5. CHINESE INTRUSION:
-PHL Navy confirms
presence of Chinese aircraft carrier off western Luzon
-China’s aircraft
carrier presence off Luzon deemed ‘innocent passage’ —Navy
-Fewer Chinese
vessels monitored in West Philippine Sea
-PHL, China meet in Manila
after Ayungin incident
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Rappler, SunStar, Manila Standard, News5]
6. NCRPO to deploy over 20K cops for SONA
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The
Philippine STAR]
https://tribune.net.ph/2024/07/01/ncrpo-to-deploy-over-20k-cops-for-sona
7. Gerardo dela Peña, country's oldest
political prisoner, released on Palace order
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar]
8. First Couple greets Imelda Marcos on her
95th birthday
[ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times, GMA News]
9. 7 held for selling government posts,
promotions
[ABS-CBN News, GMA
News, The Philippine STAR]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/07/02/2367148/7-held-selling-government-posts-promotions
10. Dengue cases up, DOH warns public
[Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, The Manila Times, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/02/2367034/dengue-cases-up-doh-warns-public
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