TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
02
May 2023, Tuesday, as of 9:00 a.m.
1. Marcos' US visit:
-Marcos
meets Joe Biden at White House
-Marcos
tells Biden: ‘Only natural for PHL to look to US’ amid rising tensions in South
China Sea, Taiwan
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, Reuters, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/2/marcos-biden-security-ties-tensions-taiwan.html
2. NAIA power outage:
-‘Fault
current’ blamed for NAIA Terminal 3 power outage on Labor Day
-With
no accommodation, stranded passengers forced to sleep at NAIA T3
-PAL
adjusts flights on May 2-3 due to PHL radar system maintenance
-Senators
slam airport power outage: DOTR, NAIA officials have not learned from past
mistakes
[Daily
Tribune, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]
3. Rains expected over parts of Philippines as LPA forms of Mindanao
[Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]
4. Single-ticketing system launched in 7 cities in Metro Manila [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1763560/single-ticketing-system-launched-in-7-cities-in-metro-manila
5. Oil sheen seen from sunken yacht off Tubbataha [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/02/2263104/oil-sheen-seen-sunken-yacht-tubbataha
6. Marcos meets with Filipino community in Washington; Protests mar event [GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
https://twitter.com/PhilippineStar/status/1653179383870537728
7. PHL won’t become military staging post —Marcos [GMA News, Philstar, Inquirer]
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/214095/ph-wont-become-military-staging-post-marcos
8. 3rd batch of Pinoy repatriates from Sudan arrive in Manila [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/02/23/more-filipinos-from-sudan-arrive-in-manila
9. DILG, BFP warn public as April fire incidents surge by nearly 40% [Daily Tribune, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/1/dilg-bfp-warn-public-as-april-fire-incidents-surge-by-nearly-40
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