TODAYโS TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
12
October 2022, Wednesday, as of 9AM
-Signal
No. 1 remains hoisted over 6 Luzon areas due to Maymay
-Classes
in several Luzon areas suspended due to Maymay
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ยฉPIA-PMU
2. PHL tourism:
-Chinese
Embassy: PHL on tourist blacklist is โmisinformationโ
-Lost
in translation? Zubiri clarifies Chinese envoy meant PHL could possibly be
blacklisted over POGO
-POGOโs
annual contribution to economy accounts for 1% of GDP โ Gatchalian
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler]
ยฉPIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/12/Philippines-China-Embassy-tourism-blacklist-POGO.html
3. COVID-19 infection:
-DOH
logs 1,554 new COVID-19 cases, over 1,300 more Omicron subvariant cases
-PHL
detects 1,308 cases of Omicron offshoots, 94 more Delta cases
-No
preferential nod for Omicron COVID-19 jabs โ WHO experts
-DOH
open to vaccination vs. COVID-19 of children aged four and younger
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin] ยฉPIA-PMU
4. PH's 4th monkeypox case now recovered โDOH
[Manila
Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News] ยฉPIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/11/PH-s-4th-monkeypox-case-now-recovered---DOH--.html
5.
Cholera cases 282% higher than in 2021 โDOH
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer] ยฉPIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1678631/cholera-cases-in-ph-282-higher-this-year-compared-in-2021-doh
6. Fuming Cynthia Villar curses at DENR over reclamation projects
[Manila
Bulletin, Inquirer, PhilStar, Rappler] ยฉPIA-PMU
7. DMW closes down alleged illegal recruitment firm in Makati
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News] ยฉPIA-PMU
8. Sandro Marcos says peso is weak not because itโs weak: Dollar is just strong now
[News5,
Inquirer, DZRH News] ยฉPIA-PMU
