TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print news monitoring)
09 June
2023, Friday, as of 5:00 p.m.
Pedestrians walk at a crossing in Makati City on July 12, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
1. Unemployment dips in April, but underemployment rises
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler, BusinessWorld, ABS-CBN News, News5, Manila
Bulletin, PhilStar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/09/23/unemployment-dips-in-april-but-underemployment-rises
2. MAYON VOLCANO
-Albay
declares state of calamity due to Mayon Volcano unrest
-5,000
Guinobatan residents to be evacuated amid Mayon Volcano activities, vice mayor
says
-Phivolcs
warns of ash fall, potential lahar flow from Mayon Volcano
-Mayon
rockfall events double in last 24 hours — Phivolcs
-DA Bicol
advises farmers to move animals in safer areas amid Mayon activities
[Rappler,
GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, DZBB Online]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/albay-declares-state-of-calamity-due-to-mayon-volcano-unrest/
3. Marcos orders gov't agencies to conserve water as El NiΓ±o looms
[PhilStar,
GMA News, Inquirer, CNN PHL]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/09/23/marcos-to-govt-agencies-conserve-water-as-el-nio-looms
4. LTO faces driver’s license backlog of close to 700,000
[Inquirer,
GMA News, BusinessWorld, Pilipino Mirror, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1781222/lto-drivers-license-backlog-jumps-to-nearly-700000
5. Typhoon Chedeng maintains strength; moderate to rough seas possible
[Rappler,
GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online]
6. Power outage again hits NAIA-3 a month after Labor Day disruption
[CNN PHL,
GMA News, Rappler]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/9/naia-terminal-3-power-outage.html
7. Magnitude 4.1 quake jolts Compostela, Davao de Oro
[DZBB,
ABS-CBN News Online]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/09/23/magnitude-41-na-lindol-yumanig-sa-davao-de-oro
8. COA: PET in 'unnecessary indebtedness' of P5 million to Marcos, P8 million to Robredo
[ABS-CBN
News, Manila Bulletin]
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