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TOP STORIES - Tuesday, 8 July 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of 08 July 2025, Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.

1. DFA summons Chinese envoy over ban on Tolentino

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/951861/dfa-summons-chinese-envoy-over-ban-on-tolentino/story/

2. Philippines’ unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in May 2025

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

https://manilastandard.net/news/314613104/philippines-unemployment-rate-fell-to-3-9-percent-in-may-2025.html

3. Palace says Marcos already preparing for his fourth SONA

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/951860/palace-says-marcos-already-preparing-for-his-fourth-sona/story

4. DUTERTE ICC CASE:

-Palace tells Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyer Nicholas Kaufman: `Do better’

-Palace believes Duterte in good health despite weight loss

-Dela Rosa, Go sign resolution seeking Duterte repatriation

-Sara Duterte back in the Hague as ICC grants more visiting days for dad Digong

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

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/283982/palace-tells-rodrigo-dutertes-lawyer-nicholas-kaufman-do-better

5. SARA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL:

-Palace reminds senator-judges to be neutral in Sara Duterte impeachment trial

-CBCP raises concern over Senate delay in Duterte impeachment

-Rep. Defensor slams witch-hunt claims in Sara Duterte impeach trial

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

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/news/nation/2025/7/8/palace-reminds-senator-judges-to-be-neutral-1509

6. MISSING SABUNGEROS CASE:

-DOJ chief: SC probing judges linked to missing 'sabungeros'; SC: Action will be taken, if necessary

-Search in Taal Lake for missing sabungeros starts this week

-Emil Sumangil’s wife asks for prayers for husband while reporting on missing ‘sabungeros’

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2079487/doj-chief-sc-probing-judges-linked-to-missing-sabungeros

7. CBCP denounces online gambling as 'deep moral crisis'

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

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/8/cbcp-joins-calls-to-regulate-online-gambling-1148

8. DMW: 17 Filipinos escape Houthi attack in Red Sea

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

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/8/17-filipinos-escape-houthi-attack-in-red-sea-dmw-1149

9. Benny Abante proclaimed Manila 6th district representative

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

https://www.inquirer.net/448804/benny-abante-proclaimed-manila-6th-district-representative/

10. Makabayan wants House probe of NAIA privatization

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

https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/07/08/news/house-probe-on-naia-privatization-sought/2144911

11. Fatalities in Marikina gun factory explosion now 2

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, News5PH, Sunstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/metro/951840/fatalities-in-marikina-gun-factory-explosion-now-2/story/

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