TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
11 April
2023, Tuesday, as of 9:00 a.m.
2. Balikatan exercise:
-Largest
ever Balikatan exercise starts today
-China on
Balikatan: US-PHL cooperation must not interfere in sea dispute
-US
warship cruises near China outpost in West Philippine Sea
-Osprey
chopper drops US troops in Batanes
[DZBB,
GMA News, BusinessMirror, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Malaya]
https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/largest-ever-balikatan-exercise-starts-today/
3. Post-Holy Week break:
-Traffic
to peak as travelers return from long Holy Week break
-NAIA
records over 1 million passengers during Holy Week
-PCG:
125,000 travelers troop to ports after Holy Week break
-BI
records 78,000 passengers on Easter Sunday
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/traffic-peak-travelers-return-holy-week-2023/
4. Abalos bares 'cover-up' in arrest of cop tagged in missing drug haul [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
5. Fuel prices up by P1.70 to P2.60 per liter starting today [ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, Philstar, Inquirer]
6. COVID-19 pandemic:
-DOH
posts 1,944 new COVID-19 cases over Holy Week
-Philippines
logs 179 new cases, active infections down to 9,395
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1754722/covid-cases-slightly-up-during-holy-week
7. Fire hits residential area in Quezon City [DZRH, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/11/fire-hits-houses-in-qc
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