TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Wednesday, 8 October 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)

As of 08 October 2025, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m.

1.Philippine jobless rate eases to 3.9% in August

ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler]

https://business.inquirer.net/551488/philippine-unemployment-eases-to-3-9-in-august

2. Marcos: $200-M energy deals to cut PH oil imports

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

https://mb.com.ph/2025/10/08/marcos-200-m-energy-deals-to-cut-ph-oil-imports

3. FLOOD CONTROL PROBE:

-ICI moves for lookout order on Martin, Chiz, Jinggoy, Joel in flood control probe

-ICI invites Romualdez, subpoenas Co for Oct. 14 hearing

-SEC: Flood control scandal wiped out P1.7 trillion in value from stock market

-Palace echoes INC’s call for transparency in ICI investigation

-BIR files P7.18-B tax evasion raps vs Sarah, Curlee Discaya

-Frozen assets linked to flood control mess hit P4.4 billion — AMLC

-Brice Hernandez submits ‘tell all’ affidavit in DOJ meeting: lawyer

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/10/08/2478432/ici-moves-lookout-order-martin-chiz-jinggoy-joel-flood-control-probe

4. Erwin Tulfo is acting chairman of Senate Blue Ribbon panel – Sotto

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Sunstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2121547/erwin-tulfo-is-acting-chairman-of-senate-blue-ribbon-panel-sotto

5. Claire Castro belies rumored appointment as next DOJ secretary

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/8/claire-castro-belies-rumored-appointment-as-next-doj-secretary-1216

6. Palace rejects Diokno’s proposal to scrap unprogrammed funds

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, Philstar]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2121494/palace-rejects-dioknos-proposal-to-scrap-unprogrammed-funds

7. AFP reassigns VP Sara's ex-security chief over confidential fund case

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/10/08/2478417/afp-reassigns-vp-saras-ex-security-chief-over-confidential-fund-case

8. Cayetano: No active attempts to unseat Sotto

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2121396/cayetano-no-active-attempts-to-unseat-sotto 

9. DMW confirms Pinoy seafarer injured in Gulf of Aden attack has died

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Sunstar]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/961666/dmw-confirms-pinoy-seafarer-injured-in-gulf-of-aden-attack-has-died/story/

10. CEBU QUAKE AFTERMATH:

-NDRRMC reports over 62k quake-damaged homes

-First PH-Japan exercise under new military pact to bring aid to Cebu quake victims

-Phivolcs: Quake aftershocks to weaken, lessen by December

-Cebu earthquake aftershocks reached over 9000

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314652466/ndrrmc-reports-over-62k-quake-damaged-homes.html

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