INQToday: Marcos keeps economic team, replaces 2 cabinet members
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Marcos keeps economic team, replaces 2 cabinet members
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has retained his core economic team and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, while replacing two Cabinet officials in a major post-election shake-up following his administration’s poor performance in the recent midterm polls.
Escudero might retain his post as Senate president, says Estrada
Although he is not ruling out a possible leadership change in the upper chamber, Senator Jinggoy Estrada is optimistic that Francis “Chiz” Escudero will retain his post as Senate president.
Estrada is holding the second highest post among senators, being the Senate president pro tempore, next to Escudero.
PH allies decry China’s aggression near Sandy Cay in West PH Sea
Several of the Philippines’ allies have expressed grave concern over China’s recent use of water cannons and a sideswiping maneuver against a Philippine vessel on a routine scientific mission near Sandy Cay in the West Philippine Sea.
In separate statements on Friday, foreign ambassadors condemned the incident, describing it as “reckless.”
BSKE will be manual; Filipinos ‘want to write down their votes’ – Garcia
The 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) set on December 1 this year will be completely manual, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
This is what Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Friday as he answered the question if there is a possibility that the 2025 BSKE will be automated.
LTO revokes license of driver in viral NAIA car crash
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revoked the license of the driver of a black sport utility vehicle that killed two people after it accelerated and crashed at the entrance of the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on May 4.
In a statement on Friday, LTO said the revocation was made in a five-page decision signed by LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II.
