TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from print and online media monitoring)
As of 5:00
p.m., Tuesday, 09 July 2024
RAA signed. With President Marcos Jr., Japan Defense Minister Kihira Minoru (left) and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo looking, Japan Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro exchange copies of the Reciprocal Access Agreement between the Philippines and Japan they signed on Monday in MalacaΓ±ang. PPA POOL PHOTO
1. WEST PHILIPPINE SEA:
-PH,
Japan call out China for 'dangerous acts' amid RAA signing
-MDT or
EDCA with Japan? DFA's Manalo says it depends on how situation develops
-PH
rejects China's accusation of environmental damage in Ayungin Shoal
-China
responds to 'monster ship' claims, says Sabina Shoal not in Philippines' EEZ
-PH Navy
says China blocked another medical evacuation in Ayungin
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Rappler, Philstar]
https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/ph-japan-sign-defense-pact-china-says-no-need-for-military-blocs/
2. Landmark PH-US civil nuclear deal enters
into force
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin,
Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler]
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/landmark-united-states-nuclear-deal-enters-into-force-july-2024/
3. Marcos, VP Duterte to open Palarong Pambansa
in Cebu
[Malaya,
Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]
https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/07/08/2368648/marcos-vp-duterte-open-palarong-pambansa-cebu
4. ALICE GUO CASE:
-Hontiveros
tells Guo to 'respect PH laws' as camp mulls Senate snub
-Alice
Guo absent from Tarlac farm for weeks now – Senate OSAA
-Comelec
forms panel to investigate Alice Guo's 2022 candidacy
[GMA
News, BusinessMirror, Inquirer, Malaya, News5, The Philippine STAR]
5. 19 police commanders in Davao relieved, but
no connection to Quiboloy case, says PNP official
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]
6. Quiboloy camp questions motive behind P10M
bounty
[ABS-CBN
News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, The Manila Times]
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/912739/quiboloy-questions-10m-bounty/story/
7. PH optimistic over exit from FATF 'gray
list' by January 2025
[BusinessMirror,
Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, Philstar, The Manila Times]
8. Remolona: BSP will not wait too long to cut
key rates
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily
Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]
https://business.inquirer.net/467703/remolona-bsp-will-not-wait-too-long-to-cut-key-rates
9. PH, South Korea ink deal to expand travel
between 2 countries
[ABS-CBN
News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Philstar,
Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times]
10. VP Sara to aspiring journalists: ‘Never
assume, don’t lie’
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, News5, Philstar]
11. 2023 PhilHealth data breach affected 42M
individuals — NPC
[ABS-CBN
News, GMA News, Inquirer, Rappler, The Manila Times]
12. 19 hurt as firecracker disposal goes awry
in Zamboanga
[Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler]
13. Land dispute led to the killing of beauty
pageant bet, Israeli BF in Tarlac: PNP
[ABS-CBN
News, Inquirer, Malaya, Philstar, Rappler]
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