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TOP STORIES – Wednesday, 28 May 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of 28 May 2025, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.

 1. Teves ‘rearrested’ in Timor-Leste as DOJ awaits next steps

-Arnolfo Teves camp files writ of habeas corpus over Timor-Leste arrest

-Degamo's widow looking forward to proper legal proceedings vs Arnie Teves

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/05/28/2446446/teves-rearrested-timor-leste-doj-awaits-next-steps

2. Marcos back in PH after ASEAN Summit in Malaysia

[ABS-CBN News, Business Mirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/947566/marcos-back-in-ph-after-asean-summit-in-malaysia/story/

3. PRESIDENCY:

-Marcos on calls for his resignation: Why will I do that?

-Marcos shrugs off survey on his lower trust rating than Dutertes

-AFP chief Brawner: No coup shall happen, not on my watch

-Revamp beyond the Cabinet? Marcos says shakeup not for ‘optics’

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/278425/marcos-on-calls-for-his-resignation-why-will-i-do-that

4. Marcos reaffirms opposition to VP Sara's impeachment, rejects conditional reconciliation

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]

https://mb.com.ph/2025/05/28/marcos-reaffirms-opposition-to-vp-saras-impeachment-rejects-conditional-reconciliation

5. GOVT RICE PROGRAM:

-Marcos says he can sustain P20 per kilo rice

-Marcos eyes floor price for palay to protect farmers from losses

-Minimum wage earners can also buy P20/kilo rice

-PBBM visits NFA warehouse in Bulacan

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler] https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/28/marcos-on-p20-kilo-rice-watch-me-sustain-it-1041

6. Marcos Jr. confirms he has chosen next PNP chief

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

https://mb.com.ph/2025/05/28/marcos-confirms-choice-of-next-pnp-chief-orders-continued-anti-crime-initiatives

7. Iloilo City logs 1 mpox case; 4 suspected cases under observation

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/28/iloilo-confirms-first-mpox-case-1448

8. PH National Flag Day marked with simultaneous flag-raising ceremony

[Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/947587/ph-national-flag-day-marked-with-simultaneous-flag-raising-ceremony/story/

9. Atin Ito holds concert off Pagasa Island waters despite Chinese shadowing

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH, Manila Standard]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/947605/atin-ito-holds-concert-off-pagasa-island-waters-despite-chinese-shadowing/story

10. Metro Pacific Tollways to make NLEX Connector toll-free during EDSA rebuild

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Philstar]  https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/5/28/metro-pacific-tollways-to-make-nlex-connector-toll-free-during-edsa-rebuild-1105

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