TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
02 September 2023,
Saturday, as of 4:00 p.m.
1. RICE PRICE CEILING:
- Price cap on rice
to take effect Sept. 5
- Gov’t asks
retailers to ‘sacrifice’ for a while, DTI exec says amid rice price cap woes
- Abalos, market
administrators to launch information drive on rice price caps
[ABS-CBN News, The
Philippine STAR, Business Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer, CNN Philippines,
GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard] https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/2/price-cap-rice-effective-september-5.html
2. ‘Rice price cap to affect farmers, consumers’
- Farmers' group
wary about Marcos Jr's cap on rice prices
- Rice retailers
groaning under new price caps
- Marcos’ order to
set price cap on rice draws mixed reactions from senators
- Marcos move
worries agri biz groups, think tanks
- Rice traders ready
to work with gov't in implementing rice price ceiling
- Amid Marcos’ rice
price ceiling order, solon says PH must be self-sufficient
[ABS-CBN News, The
Philippine STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Times, Manila
Bulletin, Business Mirror] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/09/02/2293214/rice-price-cap-affect-farmers-consumers
3. CHINA'S 10-DASH MAP:
- Marcos vows to
respond to China's 10-dash map
- Calls mount for
PH's own 'standard map'; Marcos says global support a ‘big help’ in asserting
West PH Sea claims
- ‘Good for now’ :
Four American lawmakers see no need to amend US-PHL defense treaty amid China’s
aggression
- Allies won't stand
by PH vs China over WPS — Locsin
- Think tank: New
‘map’ reflects China’s desperate attempt to legitimize sweeping territorial
claims
[ABS-CBN News, CNN
Philippines, Manila Times, Business Mirror, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune,
Manila Standard, The Philippine STAR, Inquirer]
4. ANTI-INSURGENCY CAMPAIGN:
- CBCP confirms
office to join NTF-ELCAC to ‘raise social, church issues’ in gov’t
- Christian youth
group criticizes CBCP panel's inclusion in NTF-ELCAC
- President declares
Palawan 'insurgency-free'
- 5 CAFGU men slain
in Quezon Province clash
[Manila Bulletin,
CNN Philippines, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, Business Mirror, The
Philippine STAR, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Times, GMA News] https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/09/02/cbcp-joins-ntf-elcac-to-address-church-issues/
5. WEATHER UPDATE:
- Hanna slightly
intensifies; Batanes still under Signal no. 1
- ‘Hanna’ may exit
PAR on Sept. 4
-'Hanna,' 'Goring'
and habagat displaces 51,200; agri damages now at P421.2-M
[GMA News, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/weather/880875/batanes-remains-under-signal-no-1-as-hanna-slightly-intensifies/story/
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