TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
15 September
2023, Friday, as of 5:00 p.m.
1. OFW Ranara case
-OFW
Jullebee Ranara’s killer sentenced to 16 years in prison
-Ranara
family displeased with 15 year sentence
-NCRPO
OKs dismissal of 8 cops in Jemboy Baltazar killing
-Jullebee
Ranara's kin yet to receive compensation from her employer —DFA exec
-More OFW
protection pushed despite Ranara killer’s sentence [Inquirer]
-Marcos
commends Ph Embassy in Kuwait, DMW, and Kuwaiti Authorities "for their
continued pursuit of justice" for Ranara
[CNN
Philippines, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Manila
Times, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/14/jullebee-ranara-killer-convicted-dfa.html
2. RICE SUPPLY
-Philippines
may import rice all the way from Argentina
-Farmers
groups call for resignation of Diokno, Balisacan
-Phl
pushes to reduce rice imports — Sebastion
-BOC
forfeits P42 M smuggled rice in Zamboanga
-Farmers
lament ‘haste’ in rice tariff hearing
[CNN PHL,
Pilipino Star Ngayon, The Philippine Star, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard,
Rappler, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror]
3. WEST PHL SEA
-AFP
bares ‘concerning resurgence’ of China vessels in West Philippine Sea
-‘Maritime
zones bill can be basis for updated PH map’
-Tolentino
jokes about renaming WPS to ‘Greater West Philippine Sea’
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/13/nsc-philippines-new-standard-map.html
[Philippines
Star, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, CNN PHL,]
4. Sara-Hontiveros
-Sara,
Risa continue to trade broadsides
-Hontiveros
to VP Sara: I don’t need your respect, just your accountability
- Castro
lashes back at VP Duterte: 'Hindi siya karespe-respeto rin' [MB]
[The
Manila Times, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, Inquirer]
5. Marcos: Politicians could cause Maharlika fund failure
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Remate]
6. OFW remittances up 2.5% in July
[Inquirer,
GMA News, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News]
7. OVP’s confidential fund
-P125-M
confidential, other funds released to OVP in 2022 above board, DBM tells House
panel
- Sara’s
2022 secret funds were from ‘contingent fund’–DBM
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler]
9. Lawyer shot dead in Abra; PNP forms special body to probe lawyer’s murder in Abra
[Rappler,
GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Pilipino star Ngayon]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/lawyer-shot-dead-bangued-abra-september-14-2023/
10. Grace Poe: Enhancing SIM registration process better than halting it
[Manila
Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
11.
Nigerians caught with P6M in drugs
[The
Manila Times, GMA News, Daily Tribune]
12. Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes Bukidnon
[Inquirer,
GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1832004/fwd-magnitude-4-2-earthquake-shakes-bukidnon
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