TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. 04 March 2025
1. PH Air Force fighter jet goes missing, search on
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5, Philstar, Rappler]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/03/04/news/ph-air-force-fighter-jet-goes-missing-search-on/2066510
2. New record-high: Gov’t debt rose to P16.31T in January
[Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Philstar]
https://business.inquirer.net/509932/new-record-high-govt-debt-rose-to-p16-31t-in-january
3. PCO chief hits ‘fake news’, ‘demolition job’ on P200-M
PCSO contracts
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar]
4. Oscar Orbos named PTV OIC general manager; Palace accepts
Nebrida’s courtesy resignation
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2040052/oscar-orbos-is-new-ptv-head-palace
5. Philippine ambassador to US 'confident' Trump-era ties
will stay strong
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, Philstar, Sunstar]
6. DANGEROUS HEAT LEVELS:
-High heat index prompts March 4 face-to-face
class suspensions
-Warm, humid weather to prevail over most of
the Philippines
-Protect workers from hot weather, labor group
says
-BuCor takes steps to protect PDLs from
extreme heat
-Peak of dry season to start end of March –
PAGASA
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Sunstar, The Freeman]
7. IMMIGRATION PROBE:
-BI still clueless about Alice Guo’s escape
months into Senate probe
-Hontiveros gives BI 15 days to explain Guo’s
escape
-Alice Guo, siblings likely fled PH via
Tawi-Tawi backdoor – NICA
-Harry Roque denied of flight to US from
Japan, BI says
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, News5, NewsWathPlus, Philstar, Rappler]
8. PH Navy: Fire aboard BRP Sierra Madre part of ‘operational
exercise’, not harmful to environment
[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/4/fire-aboard-brp-sierra-madre-part-of-operational-exercise
9. DOTr: Busway to stay open amid EDSA rehabilitation
[GMA News, Manila Standard, Philstar]
10. COMELEC dismisses DQ case vs 5 Tulfo family members
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5, NewsWatch Plus, Philstar]
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