TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
15
October 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 p.m.
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million in northern Gaza and Gaza City to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion, Friday, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
1. PH gov’t: Evacuation of Filipinos in Gaza now mandatory
[Inquirer,
GMA News, PhilStar, ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, CNN Philippines, Manila
Bulletin, Rappler]
2. OFWs in ISRAEL
-First
batch of OFWs to leave Israel Monday – DFA
-PBBM
orders all-out aid for OFWs returning from Israel
-Repatriation
of 3 Pinoys killed in Israel-Hamas war may take longer —OWWA
-OWWA
vows assistance to families of killed Pinoys in Israel, safely get Pinoys in
Gaza
-Slain
caregiver’s family to gov’t: Bring her home
-131
Pinoys have left war-torn Gaza—DFA
[The
Manila Times, People’s Journal, Bulgar, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Inquirer, GMA
News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin]
3. TRANSPORT STRIKE
-MANIBELA
calls off meeting with Palace, says transport strike to push through
-LGUs,
schools suspend in-person classes due to transport strike
-Sufficient
number of cops to be deployed for Monday transport strike, PNP says
-Abalos:
7 major transport groups will not join Monday strike
[GMA
News, Abante, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Inquirer]
4. House party leaders
take ‘utmost exception’ to Duterte’s threats vs. lawmaker
[CNN
Philippines, Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/10/15/dueter-vs-castro.html
5. HOUSE WEBSITE
HACKING
-'You've
been hacked': House website defaced, goes offline
-House
reacts to website hacking
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, CNN Philippines, Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Rappler, Manila
Bulletin]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/15/23/youve-been-hacked-house-website-defaced-goes-offline
6. 'Walang Gutom 2027:
Food Stamp Program' is a flagship program —Palace
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, PhilStar, Rappler]
7. DA says rice supply
will be stable with wet season harvest, imports
[Manila
Standard, The Manila Times, ABS-CBN News]
8. Marcos cuts LandBank
dividend rate to 0%
[Philippine
Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, Daily Tribune]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1845742/palace-grants-landbank-remittance-relief
9. Agham, BIR Road in
QC, renamed Senator Miriam Avenue
[The
Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Abante,The Manila Times,
Daily Tribune, Bulgar, Pilipino Star Ngayon]
10. Ex-LTFRB aide
Tumbado told to appear in NBI probe
-Ex-LTFRB
aide 'willing to cooperate' with NBI probe
[GMA
News, PhilStar, CNN Philippines]
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