TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
As of 15 December 2025, Monday, 5:00 p.m.
DPWH Secretary Vince B. Dizon holds a press conference, September 3, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File
1. Bicam hearing postponed over DPWH budget deadlock
-Palace backs Dizon’s last-minute bicam plea to
restore P45-B budget cut
-Ejercito to bicam panel: Reconsider ‘massive’
MAIFIP budget hike
-Lacson refuses to sign 2026 budget over unvetted
spending
-Bicam raises health aid ‘pork’ to P51.6 billion
-Bishop slams bicam move on 'health pork barrel'
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, SunStar, Rappler]
2. ICI FLOOD CONTROL PROBE:
-ICI wraps up 2025 hearings on alleged flood
control anomalies
-Agap Partylist Rep. Briones faces ICI hearing,
seeks executive session; ex-DPWH Usec
Cabral no show
[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, Daily Tribune, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
https://tribune.net.ph/2025/12/15/ici-wraps-up-2025-hearings-on-alleged-flood-control-anomalies
3. Dizon picks new DPWH execs for Bulacan 1st District
[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus]
4. No Filipino casualty reported in Bondi shooting — DFA
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/12/15/no-filipino-casualty-reported-in-bondi-shooting-dfa
5. IMF downgrades PH economic growth outlook for 2025, 2026 anew
[BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard,
Philstar]
6. US, Canada condemn China water cannon attack vs Filipino fishers
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, Philstar]
7. Water bills to rise in 2026 under MWSS estimates
[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
https://business.inquirer.net/564459/water-bills-to-rise-in-2026-under-mwss-estimates
8. Gasoline up; diesel and kerosene down on Dec 16
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, DZBB, DZRH, GMA News,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus,
Philstar]
https://business.inquirer.net/564457/gasoline-up-diesel-and-kerosene-down-on-dec-16
9. CPP unilaterally declares 4-day ceasefire amid anniv, holidays
[DZBB, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH, Philstar]
10. Police form special team to investigate missing bride in Quezon City
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Philstar]
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