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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