TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
20
December 2022, Tuesday, as of 5PM
1. West PHL Sea
-US
backs Philippines amid reported swarming of Chinese vessels in Spratlys
-PBBM
should bring up West PHL Sea issue in Beijing visit—Tolentino
[PhilStar,
Inquirer, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
2. Daphne Paez named as Palace's 'press briefer'
[ABS-CBN
News, PhilStar, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, One News, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
3. CPP-NPA
-AFP
says no need for ceasefire with NPA: ‘We don’t know who to talk to’
-PNP
heightens security in certain areas ahead of CPP anniversary
-Joma
Sison died of heart failure, says NDFP exec
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/20/22/afp-tells-reds-no-need-for-holiday-ceasefire
-Over
57M passengers expected in PHL ports as Yuletide exodus begins
-PITX
estimates passengers to reach up to 170,000 for Christmas rush
-PNP:
115,000 cops to be deployed nationwide for Christmas season
[Manila
Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News] ©PIA-PMU
5. 5 cops dismissed over disappearance of online ‘sabong’ master agent in Laguna
-Remulla:
No clear mastermind yet on missing sabungeros
[ABS-CBN
News, DZMM, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
6. PDEA destroys P7.27B worth of drugs, chemicals
[CNN
PHL, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/20/pdea-destroys-illegal-drugs.html
7. Catapang to file charges vs. Bantag on alleged torture of inmates
-‘Probe
stabbing of 2 Bilibid inmates’ — Remulla
[Manila
Bulletin, ANC, CNN PHL] ©PIA-PMU
8. Over 600 flee homes in Bicol amid massive flooding
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, DZMM] ©PIA-PMU
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/20/22/over-600-flee-homes-in-bicol-amid-massive-flooding
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—
