TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)
As
of 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Photo courtesy of Liza Araneta-Marcos/Instagram
1. SENATE LEADERSHIP:
-Marcos
meets with Escudero, other senators after Zubiri's ouster
-Escudero
admits instigating Zubiri ouster, denies Palace hand
-Drilon:
Alignments among Marcoses, Dutertes are clear in Senate
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, GMA News, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
News5, OneNews, People’s Journal, People’s Tonight, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
Abante, Abante Tonite, Pilipino Star NGAYON, Rappler, The Manila Times, The
Philippine Star]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/22/marcos-meets-with-escudero-other-senators-after-senate-shakeup-850
2. Marcos OKs move to revert to old school calendar
[ABS–CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard,
News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]
3. Ex-WESCOM chief Carlos: I did not enter into any deal with China
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, GMA News, Philstar, The Manila Times]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907586/ex-wescom-chief-carlos-i-did-not-enter-into-any-deal-with-china/story
4. El NiΓ±o agri damage nears P10B – DA
[BusinessMirror,
BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Philstar, The Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/05/22/news/national/el-nio-agri-damage-nears-p10b-da/1947793
5. New LPA outside PAR might be Philippines’ first tropical cyclone for 2024
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler,
Manila Times]
https://www.rappler.com/nation/weather/low-pressure-area-update-pagasa-forecast-may-22-2024-8am
6. DOH: No border restrictions yet amid COVID resurgence in Singapore
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times]
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/05/22/news/doh-no-border-restrictions-yet-amid-covid-resurgence-in-singapore
7. Senate resumes investigation on Tarlac Pogo and Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
-Mayor
Guo says she only learned about business partners' criminal records on social
media
-Senator
says Guo's live-in partner runs POGO; mayor says she has no boyfriend
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer]
House
bill amending Rice Tariffication Law hurdles 3rd reading
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila Times]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1943379/livestream-senate-resumes-investigation-on-tarlac-pogo-and-bamban-mayor-alice-guo
8. Show-cause order awaits Yang if he doesn’t show up—Barbers
[Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Standard]https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1943309/show-cause-order-awaits-yang-if-he-doesnt-show-up-barbers
9. House ethics body 'unanimously' decides to sanction Alvarez
[ABS-CBN
News, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/22/2357003/house-ethics-body-unanimously-decides-sanction-alvarez
10. Taguig court convicts child rights defender Ujano of rebellion
[GMA
News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907575/taguig-court-ujano-rebellion/story
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