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]
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]
3. Palace says Marcos already preparing for his
fourth SONA
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Standard]
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]
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]
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