TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
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November 2022, Tuesday, as of 9AM
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/11/15/cambodian-prime-minister-hun-sen-covid-positive.html
2. House passes PBBM’S priority tax measures:
-4th
package of CTRP gets final House approval
-VAT
on Netflix, Spotify other digital services approved by House on final reading
-House
approves bill imposing excise tax on plastic bags
-Bill
reforming taxes on financial services, passive income gets final House nod
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Business Mirror]
©PIA-PMU
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/11/15/house-passes-pbbms-priority-tax-measures/
3. New appointments:
-Tugade
named new LTO head, Perez to ARTA
-Former
Build, Build, Build committee chair now a DICT undersecretary
-Eric
Tayag appointed as DOH undersecretary
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Standard] ©PIA-PMU
https://manilastandard.net/news/314278607/tugade-named-new-lto-head-perez-to-arta.html
4. DepEd budget:
-Education
budget for 2023 hurdles Senate plenary; DepEd welcomes approval
-No
'extraordinarily compelling reason' to give DepEd confidential funds
—Hontiveros
-Senate
approval of OVP’s P2.3-B budget shows ‘trust’ — VP Sara
-Concerned
over ‘grade deflation, salary erosion’, teachers demand higher education budget
-Nearly
₱420B needed to close
168,000-classroom gap
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
5. Duterte drug war:
-Countries
urge Marcos gov’t to fix human rights crisis left by Duterte
-PHL
report on rights improvement not convincing, UN review shows
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, Rappler] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.rappler.com/nation/universal-periodic-review-countries-urge-drug-war-justice-philippines-duterte/
6. Philippines registers 9,069 new COVID-19 cases from November 7-13 [Inquirer, News5, Philstar, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
7. Pregnancy/Maternity:
-POPCOM
welcomes birth of 'World's 8 billionth symbolic baby' in Tondo
-PHL
fertility rate falls to 1.9 children per woman—PSA
[Inquirer,
Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
8. 5 dead, 2 hurt in Navotas fire [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, News5, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/11/14/fire-hits-residential-area-in-navotas/
9. Transportation:
-Libreng
Sakay 24/7 operations on EDSA Busway to start December 1 —DOTr
-LRT1
Cavite extension on track to start operations in September 2024
[Malaya,
News5, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
10. Grade 9 student tagged in school bomb threat [GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/11/15/2223841/grade-9-student-tagged-school-bomb-threat
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—
