TOP STORIES – Thursday, March 16, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

16 March 2023, Thursday, as of 9:00 a.m.

1. Degamo slay case:

-Teves seeks 2-month House leave due to ‘grave security threat’

-House panel orders Teves to explain failure to return to Philippines

-Teves, 2 sons charged over illegal possession of firearms

-March 16 declared a special non-working day in Negros Oriental

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/03/15/2251905/house-panel-orders-teves-explain-failure-return-philippines

2. Charter change:

-Romualdez responds to Zubiri: House rushing Cha-cha for country’s sake

-Padilla sets Cha-cha public forum, Speaker pushes economic reform

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/3/16/House-rushing-cha-cha-for-country.html

3. NCR jeepney minimum fare returns to P9 next month [Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/03/16/23/minimum-jeepney-fare-balik-p9-sa-metro-manila

4. North Korea launches missile ahead of South Korea-Japan summit

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/864047/north-korea-launches-missile-ahead-of-south-korea-japan-summit/story/?just_in

5. More parts of PHL to face rains due to LPA —PAGASA [Inquirer, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/23/more-parts-of-ph-to-face-rains-due-to-lpa-pagasa

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