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Thursday, 27 February 2025

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

As of Thursday, 5:00 p.m., 27 February 2025

1. Palace exec: Words 'inciting hatred' to gov't shouldn't come from VP

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/937564/palace-exec-words-inciting-hatred-to-gov-t-shouldn-t-come-from-vp/story/

2. VP SARA IMPEACHMENT:

-Escudero releases for VP’s impeach trial, orders Senate offices to prepare

-Nearly half of Filipinos disagree with House impeachment of VP Sara Duterte — survey

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5, Philstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2038677/escudero-releases-proposed-calendar-of-sara-duterte-impeachment-trial

3. PNP EDSA BUSWAY CONVOY:

-Emergency meeting isn't valid reason for officials to use EDSA Busway—Palace

-DILG to probe if there was abuse of authority in PNP’s use of EDSA busway

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

https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/27/emergency-meeting-isn-t-valid-reason-for-officials-to-use-edsa-busway-palace

4. Castro pushes for onsite SIM registration amid loopholes in law

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar]

https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/27/castro-make-sim-registration-onsite

5. Dizon creates ‘flagship office’ to speed up transportation projects

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5, NewsWatchPlus]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2038620/dizon-creates-flagship-office-to-speed-up-transportation-projects

6. P49/kilo max SRP for imported rice starts March

[BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Malaya, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/02/27/2424499/p49kilo-max-srp-imported-rice-starts-march

7. Pag-IBIG Fund announces record P55.65-B dividend in 2024; Regular savings earn 6.6%, MP2 yields 7.1%

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, DZBB, News5]

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/02/27/pag-ibig-fund-announces-record-%E2%82%B155-65-b-dividend-in-2024-regular-savings-earn-6-6-mp2-yields-7-1/

8. Malacañang to increase security following espionage threats

[Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]

https://qa.philstar.com/headlines/2025/02/27/2424617/malacaang-increase-security-following-espionage-threats

9. DND belies reports of data breach by hackers

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Philstar]

https://malaya.com.ph/news/national-news/dnd-belies-reports-of-data-breach-by-hackers/

10. 8 dead, 1 injured in fire in a Quezon City residential area

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2038631/8-dead-1-injured-in-fire-in-a-quezon-city-residential-area

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