TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m., 11 February
2025
1. CAMPAIGN PERIOD:
-Campaign period for national posts
starts
-Comelec's 'Oplan Baklas' kicks off
as campaign period begins
-Alyansa ticket launches official
campaign with Marcos in Ilocos Norte
-Pangilinan, Aquino kick off campaign
in Quezon City
-Promising to end rotten politics,
Makabayan launches campaign in Manila
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila
Times, News5, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]
https://tribune.net.ph/2025/02/10/campaign-period-for-national-posts-starts
2. PH, Cambodia reaffirm long-lasting friendship with 8 signed
agreements
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/11/ph-cambodia-reaffirm-long-lasting-friendship-with-8-signed-agreements
3. MIC, Thai group to form $1-B investment fund
[BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily
Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar]
https://business.inquirer.net/505898/mic-thai-group-to-form-1-b-investment-fund
4. Navy monitors Chinese research vessel within Palawan waters
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard, Philstar]
5. APPOINTEES:
-Palace appoints Luis Pañgulayan as
new CSC Commissioner
-Marcos appoints 2 new Comelec
commissioners
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror,
BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
News5, Philstar]
6. AFP prepared to respond in case debris from China's rocket launch
harms Filipinos
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Manila
Standard, News5]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/2/11/afp-prepared-to-respond-in-case-debris-from-china-s-rocket-launch-harms-filipinos-1409
7. PH can source aid from other partners after USAID freeze —NEDA exec
[BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, GMA
News, Malaya, Philstar]
8. Most Filipinos find ‘ayuda’ helpful – survey
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror,
Malaya, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/10/most-filipinos-find-ayuda-helpful-survey-2330
9. Ex-PNP official linked to ‘staged’ P6.7-billion drug haul surrenders
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, News5]
10. Meralco household rate up by 28 centavos in February
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror,
BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, News5, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
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