TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of 5:00 p.m., Monday,
26 August 2024
A man wearing a face mask rides a bus in Manila on August 21, 2024. AFP / Jam Sta Rosa
1. DOH confirms 2 new mpox cases in Metro Manila
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar,
Rappler]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/26/2380692/doh-confirms-2-new-mpox-cases-metro-manila
2.
Marcos honors teachers, farmers, health workers on National Heroes' Day
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5,
Philstar, The Manila Times]
3.
QUIBOLOY CASE:
-Bersamin on hunt for
Quiboloy: Law must take its course
-Quiboloy still inside KJC
compound – Davao PNP; No lockdown in Davao City, says official
-Chaos in Davao: KOJC
protesters block Diversion Road going to Davao Airport
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar,
Rappler]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/25/bersamin-on-quiboloy-hunt-law-must-take-its-course
4.
WEST PHL SEA:
-China blocks PH's resupply
mission to Escoda Shoal
-NSC on China’s claim it
rescued PH personnel near Escoda: ‘Fake news’
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin,
News5, Philstar, The Manila Times]
https://www.inquirer.net/411807/nsc-on-chinas-claim-it-rescued-ph-personnel-near-escoda-fake-news/
5.
Senate takes Sheila Guo into its custody; House secures Cassandra Ong
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News,
Inquirer, News5, Rappler, The Manila Times]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/26/senate-takes-sheila-guo-into-its-custody-house-secures-cassandra-ong
6.
2025 MIDTERM ELECTIONS:
-‘Taumbayan sa Senado’:
Makabayan launches 2025 slate
-COMELEC's Register
Anywhere Program to end on August 31
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Inquirer, Malaya, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The
Manila Times]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/makabayan-launches-candidates-senator-2025/
7.
Big time rollback as oil prices fall by almost P2 as August ends
[ABS-CBN News,
BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, The Manila Times]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/8/26/oil-prices-fall-by-almost-p2-as-august-ends-950
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