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TOP STORIES – Sunday, March 19, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

19 March 2023, Sunday, as of 4PM

1. Marcos to ask Interpol to issue blue notice vs. Degamo slay suspects [Inquirer, SunStar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/864351/marcos-to-ask-interpol-to-issue-blue-notice-vs-degamo-slay-suspects/story/

2. PNP: CIDG has ‘strong evidence’ vs Teves over involvement in Degamo slay case, 2019 killings [ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1744851/pnp-cidg-has-strong-evidence-of-teves-involvement-in-degamo-slay-case-2019-killings

3. Marcos Jr. vows to continue past admin’s over 70 infra projects [ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/03/19/2252824/marcos-jr-assures-continuation-past-admins-over-70-infra-projects

4. First Kadiwa store in Bicol region posts P1.2 million in sales [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1745076/first-kadiwa-store-in-bicol-region-posts-p1-2-million-in-sales

5. BOC seizes P120 million smuggled frozen products in 7 warehouses [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/03/19/2252683/boc-seizes-p120-million-smuggled-frozen-products-7-warehouses

6. Calapan fishing ban lifted despite threat of oil slick [DZBB, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/03/19/2252662/calapan-fishing-ban-lifted

7. ICC arrest warrant for Putin 'fair warning' to Duterte drug war defenders —senator [Manila Bulletin, Philstar, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/3/19/icc-warrant-putin-warning-drug-war-defenders.html

8. North Korea fires ballistic missile —Yonhap [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/world/2023/03/19/2252830/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-yonhap

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