TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
17 April 2026, Friday, 5:00 p.m.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Friday, 17 April 2026
TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
17 April 2026, Friday, 5:00 p.m.
-Marcos: Zaldy Co stopped at German border, returned
to Czech Republic
-Palace challenges Co to reveal truth
-Remulla: Zaldy Co back in PH in ‘1-3 weeks’; DILG
to take custody of Zaldy Co upon return
-Once in PH, Senate to invite Zaldy Co to flood
control probe
-PNP verifying Zaldy Co’s arrest, ready to back up
gov’t
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily
Journal]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-zaldy-co-stopped-germany-returned-czech-republic/
2. Marcos issues EO 114 suspending excise tax on
LPG, kerosene
[GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Times, News5PH, Panay News, Sunstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2213852/eo-on-suspension-of-excise-tax-on-lpg-kerosene
3. '33 years strong': Marcos Jr., Liza Marcos mark
33rd wedding anniversary
[ABS-CBN News, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Panay News, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily
Journal]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/17/-33-years-strong-marcos-jr-liza-marcos-mark-33rd-wedding-anniversary-0701
4. Marcos to ensure food supply, prices amid
logistical challenges
-Marcos buys Benguet agri products to help local
farmers; OKs toll-free passage for Benguet vegetable trucks
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Newss5PH, NewsWatchPlus,
Sunstar, Malaya]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/4/17/-nagulat-kami-marcos-to-ensure-food-supply-prices-amid-logistical-challenges-1135
5. DTI: No price hikes for basic goods until May 10
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, DZRH, GMA News,
Inquirer, Panay News, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/17/dti-no-price-hikes-for-basic-goods-until-may-10-0925
6. Alcantara testifies only 30 percent of flood
control funds go to implementation
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5PH, Sunstar,
Watchmen Daily Journal]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/17/only-30-of-flood-control-funds-reach-projects-alcantara-1327
7. Kontra Daya pushes for poll offense cases vs
Marcos, Duterte campaign donors
[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, DZRH, Sunstar]
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/kontra-daya-pushes-for-poll-offense-cases-vs-marcos-duterte-campaign-donors
8. Philippines, US to build 1,619-hectare 'economic
security zone' in Luzon
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, NewsWatchPlus, Rappler]
https://mb.com.ph/2026/04/17/philippines-us-to-build-1619-hectare-economic-security-zone-in-luzon
9. 10 Dawlah Islamiya members killed in Lanao del
Sur operation
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, DZRH,
Inquirer, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin, MindaNews, Sunstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2213836/10-dawlah-islamiya-members-killed-in-lanao-del-sur-operation
10. Diesel price decrease by P19/liter, Gasoline by
P3/liter seen next week
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Times, Inquirer,
Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Panay News, Philstar, Sunstar]
