TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print monitoring)
As of Wednesday, 5:00
p.m., 08 January 2025
1. Unemployment,
underemployment rates fall in November
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News,
Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, News5, NewsWatchPlus,
Philstar, Rappler, Sunstar]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/8/unemployment-underemployment-rates-fall-in-november-0913
2. Marcos wants defunded
programs in NEP 'reexamined'
[GMA News, Inquirer,
Malaya, Manila Standard, Philstar]
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2022239/marcos-wants-defunded-programs-in-nep-reexamined
3. China deploys
helicopter amid PCG’s monitoring of ‘The Monster’ in Zambales
[GMA News, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times, Sunstar]
https://manilastandard.net/news/314544431/china-deploys-helicopter-amid-pcgs-monitoring-of-the-monster-in-zambales.html
4. 'The Voice USA' Grand
Champion Sofronio Vasquez pays courtesy call on Marcos
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, News5, Philstar,
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/932214/sofronio-vasquez-pays-courtesy-call-on-marcos/story/
5. Palace defends
inclusion of PNPA, PMA budgets in education
[Inquirer, Malaya,
Philstar]
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/01/08/2412623/palace-defends-inclusion-pnpa-pma-budgets-education
6. BI to probe Matobato’s
‘escape,’ but De Lima says he’s in ICC’s ‘protective custody’
[GMA News, Inquirer,
Malaya, Philstar]
https://plus.inquirer.net/news/bi-to-probe-matobatos-escape-to-dubai-en-route-to-an-unspecified-country/
7. TRASLACION 2025:
-DOH on code white alert
for Feast of Jesus Nazareno
-Escudero shortens work
hours for Senate offices during ‘Traslacion’
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Star]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/8/doh-issues-reminders-for-devotees
8. Negros Occidental eyes
relocation of evacuees in Kanlaon danger zone
[GMA News, Manila
Bulletin, Sunstar, Watchmen Daily Journal]
https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/7/negros-occidental-eyes-relocation-of-evacuees-in-kanlaon-danger-zone
9. DICT denies government
data compromised in recent cyberattacks by Chinese-sponsored hackers
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Times, Philstar, Rappler]
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/7/dict-denies-government-data-compromised-in-recent-cyberattacks-1859
10. BI to sue companies,
individuals harboring illegal POGO workers
[ABS-CBN News, Daily
Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]
https://tribune.net.ph/2025/01/08/bi-to-sue-companies-individuals-harboring-illegal-pogo-workers
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