TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
As of 25 June 2025, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.
1. Marcos: Middle East tension no 'significant'
effect on PH economy
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, Philstar, Sunstar]
2. Marcos leads destruction of P9.48-B drugs in
Tarlac
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2074311/marcos-leads-destruction-of-p9-48-b-drugs-in-tarlac
3. OIL PRICE CONCERNS:
-PBBM: No need for fuel subsidy as global oil prices
decline
-DOE to hold meeting with oil firms as global fuel
prices drop, inspects Taguig gas stations for staggered pricing compliance
-Gov’t won’t suspend fuel tax, sticks to ‘ayuda’ for
drivers, farmers
-PISTON threatens to go on strike if fuel prices
keep rising
-Fisherfolk group to oil firms: Don’t take advantage
of Mideast conflict
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, The
Freeman]
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/pbbm-no-need-for-fuel-subsidy-as-global-oil-prices-decline
4. VP DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL:
-VP Sara’s impeachment trial to be delayed
-House submits certification of VP Sara impeachment
complaint, other docs to Senate
-House prosecutors are ‘stubborn,’ they make things
‘difficult’ – Escudero
-Michal Poa tapped as Sara Duterte’s impeachment
trial spokesperson
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/06/25/news/vp-saras-impeachment-trial-to-be-delayed/2138489
5. State of the nation is 'dire, sad, frustrating' –
Sara Duterte
[Inquirer, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2074530/state-of-the-nation-is-dire-sad-frustrating-sara-duterte
6. First batch of repatriated OFWs from the Middle
East arrives in PH
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]
7. DUTERTE ICC CASE:
-DOJ confirms cooperation with ICC, offers to fly
drug war witnesses to The Hague
-ICC prosecutor opposes Duterte interim release
-Remulla: Duterte must stay in The Hague
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Philstar, Rappler]
8. Seven major bills await Marcos' signature,
highest legislative output since 10th Congress
[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Sunstar]
9. Pope Leo XIV names ex-DepEd chief Luistro to
Vatican dicastery
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler]
10. Frasco: No decision yet to run for speaker
[Daily Tribune, Manila Times, Freeman, Sunstar]
11. LRTA announces free LRT-2 rides on June 25 to
26, 2025 after trips affected by glitch
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
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