TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
20 January 2023, Friday, as of 5PM
1. BuCor jail guards file torture, coercion complaint vs. Bantag, 11 others
[CNN PHL, GMA News, Rappler, ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
2. Agricultural woes
-Salceda: Onion prices to go down to
P50 a kilo
-DA officials inspect onion farms in
Bongabon, Nueva Ecija
-Onion farmer who appeared at Senate
inquiry confirms police visits
-Onion farmer laments losing potential
income as imported onions are about to enter PH
-Ilocos PNP orders probe on cops’
‘harassment’ of widowed onion farmer
-Hontiveros to DA: Stop egg shortage
too; Urges PBBM to appoint DA Secretary
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, DZBB, Manila
Bulletin, Inquirer]
3. Pinoys abroad
-Up to 102 distressed OFWs arrive at
NAIA-3, accompanied by OWWA head Ignacio
-9 OFWs rescued in Cambodia
-Hontiveros: Informer tags BI officers
at Clark airport in Filipino trafficking to Cambodia
[News5, Manila Bulletin, GMA News,
DZBB, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer]
4. Maharlika fund update
-After swiftly passing House, Maharlika
fund gets quietly revamped
-BSP dividends dropped as Maharlika
fund source in 'reengineered' version, says Salceda
- Salceda says 'reengineered' Maharlika
fund drops BSP as funding source; eyes IPO
[GMA News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin,
ABS-CBN News]
5. AFP-NPA clash
-Hundreds flee AFP-NPA clash in
Sipalay, Negros Occidental
-AFP-NPA clashes cause class
suspensions in 3 Negros Occidental schools
-2 NPA leaders slain in Sarangani
-93 communists surrender in Leyte
-29 NPA fighters surrender in Oriental
Mindoro
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
6. COVID-19 update
-NCR’s COVID-19 positivity rate down to
2.9% — OCTA
-South Korea to drop most indoor mask
restrictions
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
7. De Lima camp studying Gigi Reyes’ release, sees bail grant by March
[CNN PHL, Inquirer, Philstar, Rappler]
8. SIM registration
NTC: 45 remote areas identified for
assisted SIM registration
20% of total existing SIMs now
registered — NTC
Free SIM Registration assistance now up
in MIMAROPA Tech4Ed centers
[CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/20/13-20-of-total-existing-sims-now-registered-ntc/
9. PH-US mutual defense treaty ‘flexible’ to address modern challenges; Make your own decisions and free from coercion — official
[Rappler, CNN PHL, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/20/mutual-defense-treaty-flexible-.html
