TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As of 5:00 p.m., 22 November 2023, Wednesday
-US, Philippines start joint patrols in West
Philippine Sea
-PHL-US patrol in WPS not meant to escalate tension
with China —AFP
-Xi wants China, PH to settle tensions in WPS, envoy
says
-China warns vs PHL plan to create own COC with
other ASEAN members
-China admits dredging activities, but only on
"own territory"
-Padilla urges PCO to counter fake news, boost PHL
narratives on WPS
-PHL taps experts from other countries to
'stabilize' BRP Sierra Madre – ambassador
[Abante, ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila
Times, Rappler, CNN PHL]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/united-states-joint-air-sea-patrols-south-china-sea
2. Vice presidency:
-Ex-president Duterte eyes Senate or VP run if Sara
impeached
-VP Duterte backs dad's plan to run in polls if she
is ousted
-Imee on Sara impeachment talks: 'Maawa naman kayo
sa Pilipinas'
-VP Duterte declines to comment on ‘snubbing’
incident with Speaker Romualdez
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, News5, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Manila Times, Manila Standard, Pilipino Star NGAYON,
The Philippine STAR]
3. Transport strike
-Manibela joins PISTON in nationwide transport
strike vs PUV modernization
-MMDA ready for extended transport strike, says over
600 vehicles remain standby for free ride
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Manila
Standard, News5, People’s Journal, GMA News]
4. Pinoys abroad:
-17 Filipino seafarers held hostage in Red Sea —DFA
-Israel, Hamas agree to truce, 50 hostages including
2 Filipinos to be released
-DFA: 2 Filipinos yet to be evacuated from Myanmar
amid conflict
-DFA, DMW urged to help the 17 Filipinos taken as
hostages in Yemen
[ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines, GMA News, Inquirer,
Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Rappler, Sunstar, Philstar, Daily Tribune]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/22/23/vietnamese-cargo-ship-runs-aground-in-palawan
5. ICC probe:
-DOJ: Marcos' stand vs ICC probe unchanged; still
'issue needs serious study'
-More lawmakers urge Marcos gov’t to cooperate with
ICC probe into Duterte drug war
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler, Manila
Bulletin, Abante Tonite, Daily Tribune, Philstar]
6. De Lima drug case:
-7 more inmates recant testimonies vs Leila de Lima
-Roque, Aguirre cast doubt on judge in De Lima drug
case
[News5, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin,
Philstar, Rappler, Inquirer]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1863578/7-more-inmates-recant-testimonies-vs-leila-de-lima
7. Marcos: Unity among Filipinos needed to address
climate change
[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN
News]
8. ‘Shear line’ rains cause flooding, force 35k in
Samar to evacuate, 1 dead
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Manila Standard]
9. Mindanao earthquakes:
-DOH: Mindanao quake death toll rises to 11
-Magnitude 5.8 quake jolts Balut Island in Sarangani
-No tsunami threat to PH after magnitude 7 quake in
Vanuatu
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, DZBB, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, GMA News]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/21/23/mindanao-quake-death-toll-rises-to-11
10. Senate ends plenary debates on proposed
P5.7680-T 2024 nat’l budget
[Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
Manila Times, GMA News]
11. Self-rated poverty, hunger down in Q3
[ANC, GMA News, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
Pilipino Star NGAYON, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/11/22/2313284/self-rated-poverty-hunger-down-q3
12. Prices of ‘noche buena’ products increase before
Christmas
[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer, BusinessMirror]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1863615/prices-up-among-noche-buena-items
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