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Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Monday, June 27, 2022.
READ: Experts help create Covid-19 road map
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion 3rd and a group of experts have analyzed the continued wearing of masks and hospitalization as a gauge for determining alert levels, and vaccination policies in assembling a road map for the country's post-Covid pandemic recovery.
READ: Monkeypox not a global health emergency − WHO
The World Health Organization or WHO's chief said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning threat but did not currently constitute a global health emergency.
READ: Erwin Tulfo sees smooth shift to social work
Incoming Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Erwin Tulfo is confident he can make a difference as head of the agency, citing the similarity between public service and social work.
READ: Premiere Times video series dissects youth vote
The Manila Times airs at 6 p.m. today, June 27, the first episode of "Tanong ng Times," a video series that gives the public a chance to share their views on key issues of the day.
READ: Scholars to help craft national security plan
Incoming National Security adviser Clarita Carlos will form teams of scholar-experts from different fields to help craft a National Security Strategy.
READ: Zagala named PSG chief
Col. Ramon Zagala, the spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, will serve as the senior military assistant and commander of the Presidential Security Group or PSG of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
READ: Senator to refile ROTC bill
Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa said on Sunday he will refile his proposed mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corp or ROTC bill in the 19th Congress, which will open on July 25.
In regional news,
READ: AFP defies 'hostile' China
Despite numerous radio challenges and shadowing by the Chinese Coast Guard, the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP has proceeded and carried out troop rotation and provision resupply at the BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea.
In world news,
READ: China takes action against ruinous floods
The Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying called on Saturday for efforts to take precautionary measures for flood control and drought relief work in a bid to safeguard the security of people's lives and property and ensure the water supply.
READ: Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk
Russia's army has "fully occupied" the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fighting, its mayor said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would be able to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus within months.
In business,
READ: DoF warns vs 'double-dipping' into coco funds
Department of Finance or DoF Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd has directed a committee charged with monitoring the use of the coco levy trust fund to make sure there isn't any "double-dipping" of funds when providing the estimated 2.5 million coconut farmers in the nation with crop insurance and health coverage.
And in sports,
READ: PBA braces for foreign squads in Commissioner's Cup
Visiting Bay Area Dragons will not come to the Philippines as tourists and play like a laid carpet to local teams competing in the PBA Commissioners' Cup.
Rigoberto Tiglao and Fr. Ranhilio Aquino are the featured columnists on the front page of The Times.
Tiglao lectures on
READ: Regulatory capture vs Masungi Geopark project
Fr. Aquino discusses the fine points of
READ: 'Stare decisis' and changing jurisprudence
In The Times editorial, it prophesizes that
READ: History will likely be favorable to Duterte
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This is Dafort Villaseran reporting. Have a great day ahead.