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TOP STORIES - Friday, 16 May 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of Friday, 5:00 p.m., 16 May 2025

1. COC canvassing for senators, party-list groups completed; proclamation of winning senators set Saturday, party-lists on May 19

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Cebu Daily News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar, SunStar]

https://www.inquirer.net/444023/comelec-to-proclaim-senate-magic-12-winners-on-saturday/

2. CA voids De Lima’s acquittal in drug case

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar, Sunstar, Rappler] https://tribune.net.ph/2025/05/15/ca-voids-de-limas-acquittal-in-drug-case-no-double-jeopardy-in-retrial-order-says-court

3. HARRY ROQUE’S ARREST ORDER:

-Palace slams Harry Roque over claims of political persecution

-PNP mulls tapping Interpol to arrest Harry Roque

-DOJ to exhaust all remedies to bring Harry Roque home to face charges

-Hontiveros presses for Roque’s return to PH after arrest order

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/946367/palace-slams-harry-roque-political-persecution-claims/story

4. Palace: We are not threatening any senator

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar] https://mb.com.ph/2025/05/16/palace-we-are-not-threatening-any-senator

5. Sotto says peers approach him for Senate president post; House leaders confident Romualdez is still speaker

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Times, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchplus, Rappler] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2060853/fwd-sotto-says-peers-approach-him-for-senate-president-post

6. DA brings P20 rice program to more KADIWA centers

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://manilastandard.net/business/314590663/da-brings-p20-rice-program-to-more-kadiwa-centers.html

7. DOTr ends contract with builder of MRT’s Unified Grand Central Station

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar]

https://business.inquirer.net/525724/dotr-ends-contract-with-builder-of-mrts-unified-grand-central-station

8. SUV driver in NAIA crash released on bail

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/16/suv-driver-in-naia-crash-released-on-bail-0928

9. SC resets 2025 budget oral arguments

[Business Mirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Standard]

https://tribune.net.ph/2025/05/15/sc-resets-2025-budget-oral-arguments

10. Fuel price hike seen next week

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH, NewsWatchplus, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/946348/fuel-price-hike-seen-next-week/story/

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