TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
9 January
2023, Tuesday, as of 5:00 p.m.
Catholic devotees climb into a glass-covered carriage carrying the so-called Black Nazarene statue as they try to touch it during an annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful swarmed a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it was pulled through the streets of the Philippine capital on January 9, in one of the world's biggest displays of religious devotion.
1. Traslacion
-Traslacion
2024 crowd breaches 1M, Quiapo Church says
-Emulate
Nazarene’s sacrifice, BBM tells devout Catholics
-Devotees
defy prohibitions, climb the 'andas' in search of miracles
-Several
Nazarene devotees sought medical aid – PH Red Cross
-Over 600
devotees received medical assistance during 2024 Traslacion -- PRC
-MPD logs
38 injuries amid Traslacion 2024
-Senate
shortens work hours on Traslacion Day
[ABS-CBN
News, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Manila Times,
Philstar, Manila Bulletin, GMA News]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/01/09/2324540/catholics-swarm-black-nazarene-feverish-parade
2. President, Sara ratings up slightly in Pulse
Asia trust, approval poll
[Manila
Standard, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Manila Stadard, Philstar, Abante Tonite, Daily
Tribune, People’s Journal, Inquirer]
3. PBBM: 51% of 6-year farm-to-market network
plan completed in just 18 months
[PDI,
Manila Standard, Daily Tribune, Abante, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Manila Standard,
Business Mirror, People’s Tonight]
4. Unemployment rate drops in Nov 2023
[Manila
Bulletin, Business World, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times,
Daily7 Tribune]
https:/7/news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/09/24/unemployment-rate-falls-to-36-percent-in-november
5. Coup plot
-PNP
chief sues ex-Army general for ‘coup plot’ video
-AFP,
PNP, former prexy deny destab plot
[Manila
Standard, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Abante Tonite, Daily Tribune, Pilipino
Star Ngayon, People’s Tonight]
6. Ombudsman OKs filing of graft raps vs
Guanzon; Guanzon files motion for reconsideration in graft case, asks for
fairness
[Manila
Times, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Business Mirror, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/01/08/2324393/ombudsman-nods-graft-charges-vs-guanzon
7. Charter change
-League
of cities backs Charter change
-Lawmakers
flag alleged 'vote buying' plan for Charter change
-Comelec
says no jurisdiction on alleged people's initiative on charter change
-Charter
change budget could reach P14B, says Lagman
-Pimentel
calls for deeper probe into ‘bribed initiative’ for Charter change
[Inquirer,
GMA News, CNN PHL, Daily Tribune, Business Mirror, Philstar, ABS-CBN News]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/9/mayors-cha-cha-push.html
8. Marcos vows to monitor, sustain 'Kalinisan'
program
[Manila
Bulletin, Business Mirror, People’s Tonight, People’s Journal, GMA News,
Inquirer]
9. Magnitude 6.7 quake hits Balut Island in
Sarangani, Davao Occidental
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Philstar, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/9/sarangani-davao-occidental-quake.html
10. Anti-illegal drugs campaign
-177
metro cops charged with drug-related offenses in 2023—Marcos
-Marcos
hails PNP efforts in anti-illegal drug campaign; vows zero tolerance for
corruption, illegal drugs
[Manila
Bulletin, Inquirer, CNN PHL, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Philstar]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/09/24/177-cops-in-metro-manila-face-drug-raps-marcos
11. PH bans importation of poultry from
Belgium, France due to bird flu outbreak
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Sunstar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]
https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/9/solon-p20-per-kilo-rice-still-possible-for-2024
12. Korean firm lone bidder qualified for ’25
automated polls — Comelec
[Manila
Standard, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer]
13. PUV modernization
-Imee
Marcos seeks Senate inquiry into PUV Modernization Program
-LTFRB
says 'no hand' in picking brands of jeepneys for PUV modernization
[GMA
News, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1885680/imee-marcos-on-senate-probe-about-puv-modernization-panay-blackouts
14. BOC exceeds 2023 revenue collection target
[Manila
Bulletin, Manila Times, CNN PHL]
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/world/2024/1/9/BOC-exceeds-2023-revenue-collection-target.html
15. FFCCCII lauds Go’s designation as OSAPIEA
chief, but keeps ‘cautious optimism’ for ’24
[Manila
Bulletin, Philstar, Business Mirror]
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