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Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
READ: UN: Food crises loom
Two UN food agencies have warned about multiple, looming food crises on the planet driven by climate "shocks" such as drought and worsened by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring.
READ: Bulusan ashfall damage P20M ‒ NDRRMC
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council or NDRRMC said on Tuesday total damage to agriculture from the ashfall of Bulusan Volcano's phreatic explosion over the weekend has reached an initial P20.2 million.
READ: Marcos spent over P623M in election campaign
President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. spent over P623 million in his campaign for Malacañang, bankrolled largely by his political party, according to his statement of contributions and expenditures, submitted to the Commission on Elections on Tuesday.
READ: Church to build first center for exorcism in Makati
A center for exorcism will soon rise in Makati City that will minister to those in bondage to the devil and will be the first of its kind in Asia if not the world.
READ: Govt allows 100% capacity for shops under Alert Level 1
The government has allowed all establishments under the most lenient alert level to operate at 100-percent capacity but only for those with full vaccination status, Malacañang announced on Tuesday.
READ: Marcos vows rules-based order in West PH Sea
President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has agreed to promote international rules-based order and the rule of law to maintain peace and stability in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
READ: Duterte tells AFP, PNP to continue drug war
President Rodrigo Duterte has called on the military and the police to perform their sworn duties and "save the country" as he expressed his deep concern that drug syndicates would again emerge once he steps down from office.
READ: Mama-o shuts down 'illegal' POEA website
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or POEA's website, considered as the bible of recruitment agencies and overseas job seekers, has been taken down on orders of Department of Migrant Workers interim Secretary Abdullah Mama-o.
READ: School apologizes to Sasot
The Southern Philippine Institute of Science and Technology has apologized to prominent transgender woman and LGBTQ activist Sass Rogando Sasot and the parents of the students for the "inhumane stoppage" of the senior high school graduation rites by the Church of God last Friday.
In regional news,
READ: Military kills ISIS-EA spokesman
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Tuesday they had neutralized the spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-East Asia or ISIS-EA during an operation in Maguindanao on Monday afternoon.
In world news,
READ: US, SKorea fly 20 jets in show of force
The South Korean and United States militaries flew 20 fighter jets over South Korea's western sea on Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior US official warned of a forceful response if North Korea goes ahead with its first nuclear test in nearly five years.
READ: Russia begins returning bodies from Azovstal
Dozens of bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steel mill have been returned to Ukraine by the Russian occupiers of the fortress-like plant in the destroyed southern port city of Mariupol, where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Moscow's invasion.
In business,
READ: Inflation jumps to 5.4% in May
Headline inflation further accelerated to 5.4 percent in May, the highest recorded since the 6.1 percent in November 2018, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
And in sports,
READ: Oftana, Nieto back in action for NLEX
NLEX and San Miguel Beer, two teams that fell short of advancing to the championship round in the season-ending Governors' Cup, want to start strong early and set the tone for the new season.
Rigoberto Tiglao and Fr. Ranhilio Aquino are the featured columnists on the front page of The Times.
Tiglao trumpets how
READ: Top historian questions Yellow/US narrative of Marcos, Duterte regimes
Fr. Aquino celebrates Philippine Christianity's
READ: Five hundred years
In The Times editorial, it is advised that
READ: Long-term strategies best answer to skyrocketing inflation
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This is Dafort Villaseran reporting. Have a great day ahead!