TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online monitoring)
15 May 2026, Friday, 5:00 p.m.
1. Ombudsman orders 6-month suspension vs OSAA's
Aplasca over Senate incident
-Remulla to Bato: Flight is an indication of guilt
-Ombudsman orders Senate to submit CCTV footage
during gunfire incident
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Mindanao
Times, News5PH, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily
Journal]
2. Persons of interest? Cayetano, Padilla, OSAA head
must explain Bato 'disappearance'—NBI chief
[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler]
3. Senate shooting: Probers ‘recovering’ CCTV, final
report out Wednesday
-Aplasca: No CCTV footage of OSAA, Marines’
movements during Senate shooting
-Estrada said he meant to secure CCTV footage for
possible probe
-Senators seek probe of shooting incident
-Senate majority backs Aplasca’s actions in Senate
shooting
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
Mindanao Times, NewsWatchPlus, News5PH, Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]
4. Business groups back impeach trial of VP Sara
[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Philstar]
5. ADB offers PH additional $1.75B to manage impact
of Middle East conflict
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Mindanao Times]
6. Ex-ICI exec Hosaka back as GCG commissioner
[BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Times, Philstar]
7. Japan considering missile exports to the
Philippines — NHK
[BusinessWorld, Daily Guardian, Daily Tribune, DZRH,
GMA News, NewsWatchPlus, Philstar]
8. Luzon, Visayas back to red alert for third
straight day; PNP heightens nationwide security amid rotational brownouts
[ABS-CBN News, BusinessWorld, Daily Guardian, Daily
Tribune, DZRH, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila
Times, News5PH, Philstar, Rappler, Watchmen Daily Journal]
9. Supreme Court upholds automated polls, rejects
bid for mandatory manual vote count; COMELEC ‘jubilant’ over junking of bid
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Times, Mindanao Times, Philstar, Rappler]
10. Jailed Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio
honored by IWMF
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Rappler]
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