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TOP STORIES - Saturday, 10 August 2024

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

As of 4:00 p.m, Saturday, 10 August 2024

1. VP SARA DUTERTE TIRADES

-‘No description’: Sara Duterte says she and Marcos no longer talk, see each other

-VP Sara: I'm using my position, platform to show gov't officials how to command

-Budget issues force me to resign, Sara reveals

-VP PhilHealth criticism ‘inaccurate,’ says Gadon

-Solons tell VP: Stop bitter blaming spree

-Lawmakers not yet done lashing back at Sara

-Sara Duterte's security budget should be scrutinized: lawmaker

[Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler, ABS-CBN News]

2. SWS: VP Sara’s net satisfaction drops in Q2 2024

[PhilStar, GMA News, Rappler, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/10/2376865/sara-dutertes-popularity-slips-after-deped-exit-sws-survey

3. Marcos creates Presidential Office for Child Protection

[Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, Pilipino Star Ngayon]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1971337/presidential-office-for-child-protection-created

4. US-PHL RELATION

Marcos thanks American lawmakers for supporting PH-US alliance

-Phl grateful over U.S. CODEL support

[Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, GMA News]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/10/2376817/president-marcos-thanks-united-states-congress-500-million-military-aid

5. Merger of UCPB, LBP leasing, financing units okayed

[Philippine Daily Inquirer, BusinessMirror]

https://business.inquirer.net/474034/merger-of-ucpb-lbp-leasing-financing-units-okayed

6. ILLEGAL DRUGS

-Generals send feelers to testify on drug war EJKs

-PNP: No efforts to coax officials to be ICC witnesses monitored

[GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1971341/generals-send-feelers-to-testify-on-drug-war-ejks

7. At sea, the PCG finds a ‘friend’ in co-claimant Vietnam

[Rappler, GMA News, Inquirer, PhilStar]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-vietnam-joint-exercise-august-2024/

8. PASTOR QUIBOLOY CASE

-NBI serves another arrest warrant vs. Quiboloy, others

-PNP braces for long battle to get Quiboloy

-Quiboloy's camp questions order freezing his bank accounts

[GMA News, The Philippine Star, Inquirer]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/916552/nbi-serves-another-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy-others/story/

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