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TOP STORIES - Friday, 02 August 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m., Friday, 02 August 2024

1. Proposed Marcos travel budget lower in 2025 at P1.054 billion — DBM

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/915547/proposed-marcos-travel-budget-lower-in-2025-at-p1-054-billion-dbm/story/

2. PBBM’s satisfaction rating rises in June — SWS

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-satisfaction-rating-social-weather-stations-survey-july-1-2024/

3. Cristina Aldeguer-Roque named DTI Acting Secretary

[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]

https://business.inquirer.net/472640/marcos-names-cristina-aldeguer-roque-as-acting-dti-sec

4. Gov’t workers to get first tranche of pay hike this year—DBM

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Pilipino Mirror, The Philippine STAR]

https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/01/govt-workers-to-receive-salary-hike-this-year

5. DPWH admits lack of nat'l masterplan for flood control

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, The Philippine STAR, Sunstar]

https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/no-integrated-flood-control-plan-only-immediate-relief-projects-dpwh/

6. Sara has more security escorts than Marcos – Remulla

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Philippine STAR]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/02/2374861/sara-still-has-320-bodyguards-more-marcos-jr

7. Comelec to file misrepresentation case vs. suspended Mayor Guo

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

https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/314479163/comelec-to-file-complaint-vs-guo-after-her-fingerprints-match-chinese-national.html

8. DENR chief: Reclamation projects negatively affect water flow in Manila Bay

[BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/1/denr-chief-bares-multiple-behavioral-changes-in-manila-bay-amid-reclamation

9. Comelec chief willing to face inquiry on poll automation

[GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Philstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1968546/comelec-chief-to-sign-waiver-to-probe-alleged-offshore-accounts

10. 11 dead in Binondo fire

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/02/news/11-killed-in-binondo-fire/1961455

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