INQToday: Marcos thumbs down Senate calls to suspend PUV modernization

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

Marcos thumbs down Senate calls to suspend PUV modernization

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday rejected calls from some senators to suspend the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP).

“Well, I disagree with them because sinasabi nila, minadali,” the chief executive said in an ambush interview in Pampanga when asked to react.

CA panel recommends approval of Angara as DepEd chief

A panel of the Commission on Appointments (CA) has recommended the confirmation the appointment of Sonny Angara as the country’s education chief.

No members of the CA’s panel on education objected when a motion to endorse Angara’s appointment was raised.

Aira Villegas takes home boxing bronze after semifinals loss

Aira Villegas ran into an accurate-punching opponent and missed out on a final ticket after bowing to Turkiye’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu early Wednesday morning in the women’s 50kg boxing semifinals of the Paris Olympics at Stade Roland Garros.

Villegas will thus settle for the bronze medal, officially becoming the second Filipino to get a podium finish.