TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
22 April
2023, Saturday, as of 4:00 p.m.
Filipino Muslims gather at Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park in Manila as they pray in unison the Salat-Al-Eid, a prayer intended for the celebration of Eid'l Fitr ending the Ramadan month-long fasting of Muslims around the world on Saturday, April 22, 2023. DANNY PATA
1. EID’L FITR 2023
-Filipino
Muslims gather for Eid'l Fitr, end of Ramadan
-President
Marcos joins Muslim community in celebrating Eid’l Fitr
-Sara
Duterte on Eid'l Fitr: Pray for harmony, unity, success for each one
[GMA News
Online, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News Online, PhilStar, CNN PHL Online]
2. CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MANILA
-Chinese
foreign minister in Manila amid PH-US Balikatan exercises
-
'Stable' PH-China relationship necessary for peace in Indo-Pacific — top
diplomats
-China
hopes foreign minister's Manila visit will improve communications, trust with
PH
-
Differences in South China Sea are not sum total of PH-China ties, says DFA
chief
[GMA News
Online, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, CNN PHL Online, Inquirer]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/867723/chinese-fm-arrives-in-manila-during-philippines-us-war-games/story/?just_in
3. EDCA
-21
mayors express support for EDCA sites
-Galvez:
US pledged P11-B for disaster-response choppers, EDCA sites
-US to
pursue more economic investments in areas with EDCA sites – DND chief
-In case
of conflict, EDCA locations can be used as OFW evacuation sites – DND
-DND: US
pledge for EDCA projects, choppers now at P11B
{PhilStar,
GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, CNN PHL Online]
https://www.philstar.com
mayors-express-support-edca-sites /headlines/2023/04/22/2260730/21-
4. SWS: 89% of Filipinos satisfied with the way democracy works, record-high rating
[CNN PHL
Online, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, Daily Tribune]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/22/sws-filipinos-satisfied-democracy.html
5. LTO extends driver's license validity amid shortage of plastic cards
[Inquirer,
PhilStar, GMA News Online, CNN PHL Online, Manila Times, Daily Tribune]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1759513/lto-extends-validity-of-drivers-licenses-expiring-on-april-24
6. Hontiveros: Why not give seized sugar to DSWD?
[Manila
Bulletin, ABS-CBN News Online, Inquirer, CNN PHL Online]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/21/hontiveros-why-not-give-seized-sugar-to-dswd
7. De Lima: ‘I will gain freedom on merits as DOJ has no case against me’
[Manila
Standard, Inquirer, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, GMA News Online]
https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314323864/de-lima-i-will-gain-freedom-based-on-merits.html
8. Gasoline prices to drop by as much as P1.80 per liter next week
[ABS-CBN
News Online, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL Online]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/22/23/gasoline-prices-to-drop-by-as-much-as-p180-per-liter
9. WWII wreck on which nearly 1,000 Australians died found in South China Sea northwest of Luzon
[ABS-CBN
News Online, PhilStar, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, CNN PHL
Online, Daily Tribune]
© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit
