TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
11 April
2023, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
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1.TD Amang update
- 13
areas under Signal No. 1 as Amang accelerates towards Catanduanes
-Classes
suspended in most Bicol areas due to ‘Amang’
-TD Amang
disrupts sea trips in Bicol ports
[DZBB,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, News5, Daily Tribune,
Inquirer]
2. Underemployment rate eases, jobless rate steady in February
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Rappler, Inquirer, News5]
3. Marcos defers approved LRT fare hike – DOTr
[Philstar,
Rappler, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, News5, CNN Phl]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/11/23/marcos-defers-lrt-fare-hike-dotr
4. Maritime Issues
-Marcos
directs gov't agencies to comply with EU standards on seafarers' certification
-CHED,
MARINA need more staff to monitor maritime training centers
[Inquirer,
News5, ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News,
Philstar]
5. Balikatan 2023/ EDCA
-Groups
protest as PHL-US launch ‘Balikatan Exercises 2023’
-Manila
police confirms arrest of 2 after rally at US Embassy; UP Maskom calls for
release of student arrested at US Embassy protest
-Enhancement
of PH’s defense needed due to ‘repeated infringements’ on its sovereignty —DFA
-Protesters
hold rally at Times Square New York vs. EDCA
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, DZBB, GMA News, Rappler, Daily Tribune, Philstar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/04/11/23/protest-vs-balikatan-exercises-2023
6. Result of probe on construction of MT Princess Empress may be out this month —MARINA
[CNN PHL,
Philstar, ABS-CBN News, News5, Inquirer]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/11/23/mindoro-spill-findings-on-mt-princess-empress-may-be-out-soon
7.Economy issues
-PH posts
$3.88 billion trade deficit in February: PSA
-Manufacturing
output down in February —gov't data
-Foreign
direct investments decline in January
-Gov’t
borrows P13.9 B from local banks
-Medalla
says rate hikes worked as BSP mulls tightening pause
[Inquirer,
ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Philstar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/11/23/ph-posts-388-billion-trade-deficit-in-february-psa
8.Meralco cuts power rates this April
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer, CNN PHL]
https://business.inquirer.net/395307/meralco-cuts-electricity-rate-by-p0-118-kwh
9. ROTC revival
-78% of
Pinoys favor mandatory ROTC in college —Pulse Asia poll
-Dela
Rosa optimistic of mandatory ROTC bill's enactment before end of 2023
-If
mandatory, ROTC could cost PH gov’t P61.2 billion
[ABS-CBN
News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, GMA News]
10.PDEG chief Domingo, 9 others to go on leave over P6.7-B shabu case
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
11. Human trafficking
-Solon
seeks probe vs bogus overseas job offerings
-BI: Some
airline personnel allegedly involved in trafficking scheme
-Bong Go
condemns immigration extortion case
-BI
offloaded over 6k passengers from January-February 2023
-BI
arrests Korean who posed as Filipino at NAIA
-Hontiveros
says it’s time to overhaul the BI to prevent anymore similar cases
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN Phl, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar]
12. DOTr intends to complete 18 airport maintenance projects before Marcos' SONA
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
