TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
27 July 2023, Thursday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. Weather disturbance:
-Typhoon
Egay exits PAR; another cyclone may bring more rains
-At
least 5 dead due to Typhoon Egay
-Typhoon
'Egay' ravages Cagayan, displaces 16K residents
-Ilocos
Sur placed under state of calamity due to ‘Egay’
-22
more flights in Manila canceled due to Typhoon 'Egay'
-2nd
alarm raised as Marikina River water level reaches 16 meters
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The
Philippine STAR, ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines, GMA News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/27/23/egay-out-of-par-another-cyclone-may-bring-more-rains
2. Marcos lifts state of nat’l emergency due to lawless violence in Mindanao
[CNN
PHL, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, PhilStar, News5]
3. Marcos approves 20-year PH health facility dev't plan; prods LGUs to implement
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, GMA News, Inquirer, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/27/marcos-admin-adopts-20-year-ph-health-facility-development-plan
4. Marcos state visit in Malaysia
-PH
secures $285-M investment pledges from Marcos’ Malaysia trip
-Malaysian
milk company to invest $20M for cattle breeding in PH
-PH,
Malaysia mull informal ASEAN-Myanmar engagement
[GMA
News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine STAR,
BusinessMirror, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/business/2023/7/27/marcos-malaysia-trip-investment-pledges.html
5. West PHL Sea
-Senators
to discuss raising sea row to UN
-Cayetano
urges Senate to tread carefully on WPS issue
-NSC
vows to assert PHL rights on WPS
[Philstar,
GMA News, Manila Standard, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/27/2284107/senators-discuss-raising-sea-row-un
6. Firing 18 PNP officials linked to illegal drugs not enough, senators quip
[Inquirer,
Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard]
https://manilastandard.net/news/314353953/senators-eye-raps-vs-cops-linked-to-drugs.html
7. PBBM in Cebu City for APEC business council summit and museum opening
[Manila
Bulletin, Cebu Daily News, PhilStar]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/27/pbbm-in-cebu-city-for-apec-business-council-summit-and-museum-opening
8. DepEd eyes August 29 as the start of classes for School Year 2023-2024
[Manila
Bulletin, PhilStar, Inquirer]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/27/2284106/school-opening-last-week-august-eyed
9. Amnesty for rebels a 'game changer' in ending insurgency: AΓ±o
AΓ±o
says amnesty offer extends to high-ranking NPA officials
[ABS-CBN
News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/26/23/amnesty-for-rebels-a-game-changer-in-ending-insurgency
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