TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
As of 07 October 2025, Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.
1.Boying Remulla appointed as new Ombudsman
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Guardian, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Mindanao Times, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, SunStar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2120853/remulla-is-new-ombudsman
2. Inflation rate speeds up to 1.7% in September
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, SunStar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/961524/inflation-rate-speeds-up-to-1-7-in-september/story/
3. Lacson officially resigns as Senate blue ribbon committee chair; Sotto bares names of possible replacement
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Mindanao Times,
NewsWatchPlus, SunStar]
https://www.newswatchplus.ph/news/2025/10/7/Senate-names-5-possible-candidates.html
4. Marcos to push social programs, education during last years in Malacañang
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
News5PH]
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/marcos-to-push-social-programs-education-during-last-years-in-malacanang
5. FLOOD CONTROL PROBE
-Sen. Mark Villar attends ICI probe into flood
control mess
-Discaya couple asks ICI to reset hearing to gather
evidence
-Hosaka denies reports of possible resignation of
ICI members
-AMLC tracks foreign assets tied to flood control
corruption cases
[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, Business Mirror, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH,
NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, SunStar]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/10/07/news/mark-villar-appears-before-ici-in-flood-control-probe/2195899
6. Estrada files perjury case vs Hernandez
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, DZBB,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Mindanao Times, NewsWatchPlus,
Panay News, Rappler, SunStar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2120613/estrada-files-perjury-case-vs-hernandez
7. Gretchen Ho laments Norway forex snub tied to ‘Philippine corruption’
[DZRH, Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Philstar, Mindanao
Times]
https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/on-the-radar/2025/10/07/2478182/gretchen-ho-laments-norway-forex-snub-tied-philippine-corruption
8. PAGASA declares end of Habagat season
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler,
SunStar]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/10/07/pagasa-declares-end-of-habagat-amihan-to-start-soon
9. Piggatan Bridge in Alcala, Cagayan collapses
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZBB, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Panay
News, Philstar, Rappler, SunStar]
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/piggatan-bridge-in-cagayan-collapses
10. CEBU QUAKE AFTERMATH:
-PHIVOLCS records over 8,000 aftershocks after Cebu
quake
-NDRRMC: Cebu earthquake damaged over 39,000 houses
-M6.9 Cebu quake caused one-meter coastal uplift in
Bogo
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Mindanao Times, Panay News, SunStar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/961534/phivolcs-cebu-earthquake-aftershocks-now-8-253/story
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