TODAYβS TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
9 November 2023, Thursday
as of 5:00 p.m.
1. Philippine economy grows 5.9 percent in third quarter of 2023
[GMA News, Philstar,
ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Rappler] https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/09/23/philippine-economy-grows-59-percent-in-third-quarter
2. Confidential Fund
-Sara Duterte gives up
P500-M OVP secret fund β Sonny Angara
-Senate to probe info
leak from executive session on confidential funds
-Angara: P125-M fund
βtransferβ to OVP just DBM labeling error
-Senate removes OVP,
DepEd secret funds
-OCTA poll on
confidential funds vindicated House, say lawmakers
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler, CNN PHL Malaya, Abante Tonite]
3. Meralco hikes power rates anew for November;
Transport, oil seen to keep prices high
[DZBB, Inquirer, GMA
News, Rappler, CNN PHL, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Philstar, Daily
Tribune]
4. Paul Soriano out as Palace adviser, says senator
-Pascual, Diokno,
Bautista out? Find out the young guns reportedly joining Marcosβ Cabinet
-PBBM appoints ex-MMDA
chair de Dios as new PCGG commissioner
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer,
CNN PHL, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Bilyonaryo]
5. Timor-Leste president arrives in Manila for
official visit
[Manila Bulletin, GMA
News, Inquirer, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/11/8/Timor-Leste-president-PH.html
6. Yolanda 10th anniversary
-54K housing units for
Yolanda survivors unoccupied βNHA
-PBBM: 10 years after
Typhoon Yolanda, PHL now better equipped vs. climate change
[Inquirer, ABS-CBN news,
Peopleβs Tonight, Daily Tribune, ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, Philstar,
Business Mirror]
7. UNITEAM ALLIANCE
-House shake-up bares
cracks in ruling alliance β Castro
-House leadership slams
Arroyo for keeping silent on Duterteβs attack on Congress
-Imeeβs choice: Through
thick and thin, Iβll stick with the Dutertes
[Rappler, Daily Tribune,
ABS-CBN News, News5PH, Philstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1857102/house-shake-up-bares-cracks-in-ruling-alliance
8. DA-PhilRice execs push for revival of
βhalf-cup-riceβ rule
[Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, ABS-CBN News]
https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/9/da-bats-for-revival-of-half-rice-law-to-prevent-rice-wastage
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