TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
30 April 2026, Thursday, 5:00 p.m.
1. ZALDY CO DEBACLE:
-Palace: Marcos announcement correct, Zaldy Co
previously detained in Czechia
-President Marcos meets Czech, French envoys over
Zaldy Co
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH,
NewsWatch Plus, Philstar, Rappler]
2. DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT:
-Sara Duterte's lawyer on NBI findings: Evidence is
curated, even spliced
-Senators hold caucus to discuss possible Sara
Duterte impeachment trial
-SC 'forthwith' clarification vindicated Senate's
2025 impeachment court, ex-spox says
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatch Plus,
Philstar]
3. Marcos
inaugurates P1.21 billion irrigation project in Leyte
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila
Times, Manila Standard, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2220747/marcos-inaugurates-p1-21-billion-irrigation-project-in-leyte
4. BSP projects
April inflation at 5.6-6.4%
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus,
Rappler]
https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/bsp-projects-april-inflation-at-5-6-6-4
5. LABOR DAY:
-PNP on full alert for Labor Day 2026 activities;
to deploy over 106,000 law enforcers
-MMDA suspends number coding on May 1, 2026 for
Labor Day
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Sunstar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/985912/pnp-full-alert-labor-day-activities/story/
6. Peso hits
new intraday low 61.75:$1 on oil, inflation fears
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune,
Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar]
7. DBM launches
microsite on livelihood, food, transport aid
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times]
8. ICC trial
chamber names Judge Joanna Korner as presiding judge in Duterte case
[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, News5PH,
Philstar]
https://www.onenews.ph/articles/presiding-judge-in-rodrigo-duterte-s-icc-trial-named
9. EDSA-Ortigas
flyover fire: DPWH holds bus firm liable for damages
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Times, News5PH]
10. GHOST
DRIVERS ISSUE:
-DOTr, LTFRB urged to clean up TNC drivers list so
aid can reach right beneficiaries
-DSWD says purging 'junk list' of ayuda
beneficiaries in transport sector
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Philstar]
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