TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of
Thursday, 5:00 p.m., 23 January 2025
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1. Marcos: M/V Galaxy Leader Pinoy crew members released
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Times, News5, NewsWatchPlus, Rappler, Sunstar]
2. BASILAN CLASH:
-At least 4
dead, 12 hurt in Basilan ambush vs troops securing UN mission
-Galvez to
MILF: Probe Basilan clash amid death of 2 soldiers
-Army
condemns ambush of troops in Basilan
-Basilan
clash due to ‘lack of coordination’ – MILF-AHJAG official
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, MindaNews, News5,
Rappler, Sunstar]
3. New Secretary of State Rubio affirms
'ironclad' US commitment to Philippines
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]
4. China tells PH: Stop peddling
‘Chinese spy’ tag
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/23/china-tells-ph-stop-peddling-chinese-spy
5. Video of underwater drone spotted
off Bohol not new, authorities clarify; AFP probe underway
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar, Sunstar]
6. Marcos thanks outgoing ADB president
Asakawa for assisting PH
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, GMA News,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/23/marcos-thanks-outgoing-adb-asakawa
7. Marcos on substitute anti-adolescent
pregnancy bill: I’ll read it first
[GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Times, News5, Philstar]
8. Escudero: Bicam report on 2025 budget had no blank items
[GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5]
9. DA to roll out Kadiwa rice in
supermarkets, convenience stores nationwide
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
10. PHIVOLCS detects magnitude 5.8
quake in Southern Leyte, magnitude 5.4 quake in Zamboanga del Norte;
Aftershocks warned
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Interaksyon, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5, Philstar,
Rappler, Sunstar]
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Information Agency Monitoring Unit