TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. 17 December 2024
1. Mary Jane Veloso arriving home Wednesday
-PH officials now in Indonesia for Mary Jane Veloso’s turnover
-Palace: Nothing final yet on Veloso’s potential pardon
-BuCor says Mary Jane Veloso to stay in women’s prison
-Mary Jane Veloso to undergo 5-day quarantine upon return
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, NewsWatchPlus,
Philstar, Malaya, The Manila Times]
2. Marcos justifies zero subsidy for PhilHealth
[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Philstar, The
Manila Times]
3. PRESIDENCY:
-Marcos dismisses 'loyalty check' of AFP, PNP
-Marcos on current state of PH: We’re quite stable amid political noise
-Marcos Jr. vows to make himself ‘more accessible’ to media, says
credibility ‘only defense’ vs. fake news
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, Philstar]
4. Senate ratifies Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2016138/senate-ratifies-historic-ph-japan-raa
5. PH successfully conducted RORE missions in WPS this December — Navy
[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/930187/philippines-wps-rore-missions-navy/story/
6. Marcos wants further semiconductor dev't in PH
[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/17/marcos-wants-further-semiconductor-dev-t-in-ph
7. LPA threatens lahar flow from Kanlaon
[Daily Tribune, Daily Watchmen, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Panay News,
Philstar, Sunstar, The Freeman, The Manila Times]
https://tribune.net.ph/2024/12/16/lpa-threatens-lahar-flow-from-kanlaon
8. LPA east of Mindanao develops into Tropical Depression Querubin
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Rappler]
9. Hector Grijaldo detained at House facility: Barbers
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Philstar, Rappler]
10. Wage hike for CARAGA workers, kasambahay approved
[Daily Tribune, Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler]
11. Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Hinoba-An, Negros Occidental
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, News5, Inquirer, GMA News]
https://x.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1868927773039116684
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