TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
20 October 2022, Thursday, as of 5PM
-3 areas under Signal No. 1 as Obet maintains
strength
-Obet to trigger heavy rain in Northern
Luzon
-LGUs suspend classes in selected public and
private schools TD Obet
-MIAA cancels some flights due to bad weather
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, CNN PHL,
Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Rappler] ©PIA-PMU
2. SC says President Marcos named 3 new associate justices
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Philstar, GMA News,
Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
3. 78th Leyte Gulf Landings Anniversary
-Marcos pays tribute to Filipino World War II
veterans; 31 awarded with US medals; commits to promote welfare of war veterans
- Marcos vows to boost PH’s peace-building
efforts
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Philstar, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
-Marcos urges public to get COVID booster shot
amid Omicron XBB, XBC threats as he graces Ormoc City’s 75th Charter Day
commemoration
-Current vaccines could still protect vs.
serious illnesses due to XBB, XBC —health expert
-WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health
emergency
[GMA News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News,
Philstar, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
-DOJ chief open to inclusion in WPP of Percy
Lapid’s self-confessed gunman, possible
-PNP secures middleman in Percy Lapid killing
-Murder raps filed vs. Lapid’s self-confessed
gunman, cohorts; preliminary probe on October 24
-Police verifying if kill order for Percy
Lapid came from inside NBP - PNP exec
-DOJ Chief Remulla confirms death of alleged
middleman on killing of Percy Lapid
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Philstar, GMA News, CNN PHL] ©PIA-PMU
6. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee wraps up probe on DepED laptop mess; Sen Tolentino sees "conspiracy" involving government officials and private individuals
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Rappler]
©PIA-PMU
https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1582995791555149826
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, CNN PHL]
©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/20/mmc-approves-exclusive-bike-motorcycle-lanes-along-commonwealth-avenue/
8. SC releases 14 schools as local testing centers for 2022 Bar exams
[ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
©PIA-PMU
-MMDA: ‘No absent, no day off’ policy for
traffic personnel during Undas 2022
-LTO 7 gears up for ‘Undas’ exodus in Central
Visayas
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/20/lto-7-gears-up-for-undas-exodus-in-central-visayas/
