TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
15
May 2023, Monday, as of 9:00 a.m.
1. SEA Games:
-PHL
supplants Singapore for 5th place in SEA Games after 9-gold haul
-Olympians
Ando, Paalam, Petecio spearhead PHL's gold rush in SEA Games
-Sibol
captures third straight SEA Games gold in men's Mobile Legends
[CNN
PHL, GMA News, Cebu Daily News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]
2. COVID-19 cases
-DOH
logs 2,109 new COVID-19 cases; active tally rises to 15,891
-COVID-19
positivity rate hits 23.6 percent nationwide
-Gov't
hospitals preparing for possible uptick of COVID-19 patients due to Arcturus
subvariant
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/870023/doh-logs-2-109-new-covid-19-cases-active-tally-rises-to-15-891/story/
3. House inquiry into PHL fertilizer use pushed [DZBB, One News, Philstar, BusinessMirror]
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/15/house-inquiry-into-phl-fertilizer-use-pushed/
4. Dipolog City heat index reached 47°C Sunday, says PAGASA [CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1769186/dipolog-city-heat-index-reached-47c-sunday-says-pagasa
5. PHL, Australian armies conduct 'Kasangga' exercises in Rizal [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
https://twitter.com/davidyusantos/status/1657906485828145152
6. 1 dead, 4 hurt in Manila fire [ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/05/15/2266457/1-dead-4-hurt-manila-fire
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