TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
15 April 2023, Saturday,
as of 4:00 p.m.
President Marcos conducts an aerial inspection of areas affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro and other nearby communities on April 15, 2023. (RTVM screenshots)
-Marcos wants faster pace
of oil spill response
-Mindoro oil spill: Income loss hits P400 million due to fishing
ban
-Puerto Galera, nearby
areas fail 4 water quality tests after Mindoro oil spill: governor
[Philstar, Inquirer, GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, News5]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/15/marcos-wants-faster-pace-of-oil-spill-response
2. Palace declares April 21 as holiday in observance of Eid Al Fitr
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer,
GMA News, Manila Times, Philstar, Manila Standard]
3. EDCA/Balikatan
-Ex-general, analyst
concerned by China’s ‘veiled threat’ vs OFWs in Taiwan
-PH, US militaries
strengthen cyber defense capabilities in ‘Balikatan’
-Chinese envoy alarmed
over additional EDCA sites in Philippines
-US Embassy: Edca is key
component of alliance with PH, not about any other third country
[Inquirer, Philstar,
Reuters, Manila Bulletin, RPN News, Daily Tribune]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/213468/sino-envoys-edca-warning-cites-fate-of-taiwan-ofws
4. 49 PNP drug enforcement personnel face admin cases over P6.7B Manila drug haul
[GMA News, CNN PHL,
Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
5. Massive manhunt on for
Bantag, Zulueta Las PiΓ±as court orders arrest for Lapid slay
[Philstar, ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, One News PH, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]
6. BI’s e-Travel System rolls out today
[Philstar, GMA News,
Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
BI: e-Travel system in
place for faster air pax processing
7. Expect warm weekend, cloudy skies with possible rain showers — PAGASA
[GMA News, ABS-CBN News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/15/pagasa-fair-humid-weather-throughout-ph-on-saturday
8. Fire razes unfinished Cebu City condo; damage cost at P3.9-B
[Inquirer, CNN PHL,
ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/15/23/fire-razes-unfinished-cebu-city-condo-damage-at-p39-b
9. Diesel prices to drop; gas, kerosene prices to rise in mid-April
[ABS-CBN News, Manila
Bulletin, GMA News]
10. Hike in Metro Manila water allocation gets NWRB nod
[Philstar, One Ph, ABS-CBN
News] https://www.onenews.ph/articles/hike-in-metro-manila-water-allocation-gets-nwrb-nod
11. Estimated number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Philippines could reach 364,000 by 2030, the DOH warned [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/14/23/doh-hiv-cases-projected-to-reach-364000-by-2030
12. NFA plan to import 330,000 metric tons of rice assailed
[ABS-CBN News, Philstar,
Manila Bulletin]
Farmers slam NFA’s
proposal to import 330,000 MT of rice as buffer stock shrinks
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/04/15/2259065/nfa-plan-import-330000-mt-rice-assailed
13. Japan PM Kishida unhurt after smoke bomb thrown during stump speech
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL,
Philstar, GMA News, Inquirer]
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