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TOP STORIES - Thursday, 15 August 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 15 August 2024

1. Singapore president arrives in Philippines for three-day state visit

[Business Mirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, News5, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]  https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/15/2378085/singapore-president-arrives-philippines-three-day-state-visit

2. Marcos signs law adding more Shari'a judicial districts, circuit courts

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, The Manila Times] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/15/2378086/marcos-oks-law-creating-more-courts-islamic-law

3. Marcos orders DA to build more soil testing centers

[Business Mirror, Business World, Daily Tribune, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Manila Times]https://manilastandard.net/news/314484062/marcos-orders-da-to-build-more-soil-testing-centers.html

4. WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard, News5, Rappler] https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/15/world/americas-emea/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency-as-a-new-form-of-the-virus-spreads/1964363

5. Philippines gets ‘A’ rating from Japanese credit watchdog

[Business Mirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]  https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/14/japans-ri-gives-first-credit-upgrade

6. BSP cuts policy rate, a first in almost 4 years

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

https://business.inquirer.net/474998/bsp-cuts-policy-rate-a-first-in-almost-4-years

7. Agri groups file complaints vs Tariff Commission execs over EO 62

[Inquirer, Rappler, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1972986/agri-groups-file-complaints-vs-tariff-commission-execs

8. NEDA ‘food-poor’ threshold remark draws flak

- NEDA officials told: Live on P64/day food budget

- 'Saang planeta yan?' Castro slams NEDA for saying Pinoys with P64 daily meal budget aren't 'food poor'

- IBON calls for ‘more realistic’ food poverty threshold

- Fishers group slams NEDA ‘food-poor’ threshold as unrealistic

- NNC: P20 per meal not enough

[Daily Tribune, The Philippine Star, Inquirer, Malaya, News5, GMA News] https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/08/15/2377955/neda-officials-told-live-p64day-food-budget

9. PNP eyes ‘Oplan Double Barrel’ policies review

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Standard, News5, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/14/pnp-eyes-oplan-double-barrel-policies-review

10. ICC DRUG WAR PROBE:

-Duterte maintains he does not recognize ICC, insists it has no jurisdiction in PH

-Carpio: ICC warrant may be out by September

-PH committed to Interpol, not to ICC—Remulla

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar] https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/14/duterte-maintains-he-does-not-recognize-icc-insists-it-has-no-jurisdiction-in-ph-2323

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