TOP STORIES – Wednesday, February 08, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

08 February 2023, Wednesday, as of 9AM 

1. Marcos calls on Filipinos to pay correct taxes on time [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Marcos-Filipinos-pay-correct-taxes-on-time.html

2. Major quake in Türkiye:

-PHL to send 85-person team to help quake-hit Türkiye

-2 Filipinos hurt in Türkiye after massive earthquake —DFA

-3 Filipinos missing in Türkiye after powerful quake —community leader

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Philippines-Turkey-earthquake-response-team.html

3. Philippines records first cases of COVID variants XBB.1.5, CH.1.1 [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/23/ph-records-first-cases-of-covid-variants-xbb15-ch11

4. Abalos names ex-CA justice as 5th reviewer of PNP courtesy resignations [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/ex-ca-justice-is-the-5th-man-to-evaluate-pnp-colonels-generals-in-narco-cops-purge/

5. Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Camarines Norte — PHIVOLCS [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/magnitude-5-1-quake-jolts-camarines-norte-phivolcs/

6. UN rapporteur to train 35 government docs in forensics [CNN PHL, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1726778/un-rapporteur-to-train-35-government-docs-on-forensics

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