TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
10 January
2023, Tuesday, as of 9AM
1. Feast of the Black Nazarene
-Over
564,000 devotees attended Nazareno 2023 masses in Quiapo Church
-DOH: 642
devotees treated amid Nazarene feast activities
[GMA News,
Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, PhilStar, ABS-CBN News]
2. COVID-19 infection
-DOH reports
over 3K new COVID-19 cases from Jan 2-8
-OCTA:
Nationwide COVID-19 positivity rate dips to 5.5%
[PhilStar,
Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/09/doh-reports-over-3k-new-covid-19-cases-from-jan-2-8/
3. Court acquits 10 human rights defenders of perjury
[Manila
Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, PhilStar, CNN PHL]
4. Pinoys warned vs China rocket debris anew
[PhilStar,
Inquirer, Manila Times, GMA News]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/01/10/2236468/pinoys-warned-vs-china-rocket-debris-anew-
5. PhilSA clarifies: Falling, burning object seen in Palawan towns likely a meteoroid
[Inquirer,
CNN PHL, GMA News]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/9/UFO-over-Palawan-may-have-been-meteorite.html
6. DICT: Registered SIM cards exceed 16 million
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, PhilStar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/10/2236484/dict-161-million-sim-registrants
7. ‘You don’t have common sense?’ Villar berates BAI official over ‘excessive’ importation of pork
[GMA News,
ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/10/villar-bureau-of-animal-industry-pork-importation.html
8. PAGASA: LPA enters PAR, to cause widespread rain in PHL
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1714634/lpa-enters-par-to-cause-widespread-rain-in-ph
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