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TOP STORIES - Thursday, 21 November 2024

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

As of Thursday, 5:00 p.m., 21 November 2024

1. MARY JANE VELOSO CASE:

-Marcos on granting Mary Jane Veloso clemency: We will see

-Jakarta open to have Marcos Jr grant clemency to Mary Jane Veloso

-Indonesia confirms Veloso transfer to the Philippines

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/927748/marcos-mary-jane-veloso-clemency/story/

2. VICE PRESIDENCY:

-Sara Duterte on 'Mary Grace Piattos': No comment

-Solon flags OVP, DepEd receipts under same name but with ‘different’ signatures [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

-OVP exec admits telling ex-Usec. Mercado to resign for losing VP’s trust [Inquirer]

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/11/20/2401678/sara-duterte-mary-grace-piattos-no-comment

3. JICA execs visit Marcos at Malacañang: Support to PH will continue

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

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/256083/jica-execs-visit-marcos-at-malacanang-support-to-ph-will-continue

4. BBM breaks ground for world's largest solar, battery storage facility

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/11/21/news/bbm-breaks-ground-for-worlds-largest-solar-battery-storage-facility/2008681

5. SC declares null and void Guanzon’s substitution for P3PWD party-list

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/927690/sc-scraps-rowena-guanzon-substitution-as-p3pwd-party-list-nominee/story/

6. Chinese spies working through POGOs? Senate sets final hearing

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/11/21/2401921/chinese-spies-working-through-pogos-senate-sets-final-hearing

7. 3 governors back move to postpone BARMM polls to 2026

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/927740/3-governors-back-move-to-postpone-barmm-polls-to-2026/story/

8. PNP starts drafting human rights-based anti-illegal drugs campaign

[Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/20/human-rights-based-drug-war

9. Peso sinks to 58.9 per $1, lowest in over 2 years

[Inquirer, Manila Standard, The Manila Times]

https://business.inquirer.net/491195/peso-sinks-to-58-9-per-1-lowest-in-over-2-years

10. BOI fast-tracks P4.46 trillion investments via green lane

[BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.philstar.com/business/2024/11/21/2401714/boi-fast-tracks-p446-trillion-investments-green-lane

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