TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
As of 06 October 2025, Monday, 5:00 p.m.
1.Palace on snap elections: It's just a wishful thinking
-Senate leaders reject Cayetano’s snap elections
push
-Comelec: No snap elections sans law
-Cayetano urged to resign first after
'unconstitutional' snap polls proposal
-Cayetano's snap election call just a
'distraction', says Makabayan
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, DZBB, GMA News,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, SunStar]
2. SENATE LEADERSHIP:
-Sotto 'very confident' majority bloc backs his
leadership
-Sotto says Lacson ‘frustrated’ over senators’
comments on flood control probe
-Tulfo backs Lacson as Blue Ribbon chair amid
resignation talk
-Lacson's Blue Ribbon exit a sign of 'unstable'
Senate, says Drilon
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
Mindanao Times, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler]
3. CBCP warns Senate against use of politics to
derail flood control probe
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, DZBB,
Inquirer, Philstar, Mindanao Times, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchplus, Panay
News] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/10/06/2477941/cbcp-warns-senate-against-use-politics-derail-flood-control-probe
4. FLOOD CONTROL PROBE
-Marcos vows accountability in ghost projects, but
cautions against weak cases
-ICI shrugs off appeals to make flood control
project hearings public
-Philippine graft scandal may worsen stocks rout,
says PSE president
-Bayan urges more nationwide mass action against
corruption
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, GMA News, Daily
Tribune, BusinessMirror, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH, Philstar, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-jr-cautions-weak-cases-ghost-flood-control-projects
5. Marcos tells foreign aid providers: PH 'will not
tolerate wastage of public funds'
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Times]
6. Marcos honors Filipino teachers with new
benefits, institutional reforms
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, SunStar]
7. Remulla, 6 others shortlisted for Ombudsman post
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, DZBB, GMA News,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Mindanao
Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2120261/remulla-shortlisted-for-ombudsman
8. PNP: No talks to withdraw support from Marcos
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
News5PH, Philstar, SunStar]
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/pnp-chief-denies-coup-talks-vs-marcos
9. Dy acknowledges ‘decline’ of public trust in
House
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, GMA News,
Manila Bulletin, News5PH, Panay News] https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/6/dy-acknowledges-decline-of-public-trust-in-house-1141
10. CEBU QUAKE AFTERMATH:
-OCD: Cebu earthquake death toll increased to 72
-Bogo City mayor slams chaotic relief aid
distribution
-PNP records zero focused crimes in Cebu after M6.9
quake
-DOLE orders Cebu BPO company to halt operations
-Seized Customs goods distributed as aid for quake
survivors
[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, GMA News, Manila Times, Daily
Tribune, NewsWatchplus, News5PH, Panay News, SunStar]
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/cebu-quake-death-toll-reaches-72
11. DA says rice import ban to be extended until
end-2025; Speaker Dy announces P7k cash aid for 1 million rice farmers in 2026
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, BusinessWorld,
News5PH, Newswatchplus, Rappler, Manila Times, Panay News]
https://www.newswatchplus.ph/news/2025/10/6/rice-importation-ban-extended-yearend.html
12. Pump price hike set Tuesday; diesel and
kerosene up for 7th straight week
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH,
SunStar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/961405/oil-price-hike-for-diesel-kerosene-gasoline-oct-7-2025/story/
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