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TOP STORIES - Friday, 8 November 2024

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

As of Friday 5:00 p.m., 08 November 2024


1. Marcos signs new laws asserting PH's sovereign rights in WPS

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/926387/marcos-west-philippine-sea-archipelagic-sea-laws/story/

2. Palace issues EO on nationwide Pogo ban

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2002650/eo-on-pogo-ban

3. Marcos: Lessons from Yolanda ‘should not be lost with the passage of time’

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, NewsWatch Plus]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/7/marcos-remembers-yolanda-11th-anniversary

4. Marcos vows stronger defense with upgrades to PH Marine Corps

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2002347/marcos-on-philippine-marine-corps-anniversary

5. TYPHOON MARCE:

-Signal No. 3 lifted in Northern Luzon as Marce continues to weaken; LPA forms outside PAR

-Over 20K persons affected by Typhoon ‘Marce’ – NDRRMC

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

https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/7/marce-to-exit-par-soon-signal-no-2-still-up

6. New Philippine map including West Philippine Sea out soon – Namria

[GMA News, Inquirer, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar]

https://www.inquirer.net/420257/new-philippine-map-including-west-philippine-sea-out-soon-namria/

7. Envoy advises illegal Filipino immigrants to leave US voluntarily after Trump win

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/8/envoy-advises-illegal-filipino-immigrants-to-leave-us-voluntarily-after-trump-win-1233

8. Alice Guo pleads 'not guilty' to graft before Valenzuela court

[Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/926394/alice-guo-pleads-not-guilty-to-graft/story/

9. PDEA chief: Pharmally's Lin Wei Xiong, drug personality Allan Lim are same person

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Rappler]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/7/pdea-chief-pharmally-s-lin-wei-xiong-drug-personality-allan-lim-are-same-person-2204

10. Dengue cases drop by 8% in October, overall fewer deaths

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/11/08/2398593/dengue-cases-drop-8-october-overall-fewer-deaths

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