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Published Apr 8, 2023 08:49 am
The day’s top stories are all but a click away in the MB Daily News Summary this Saturday afternoon, April 8, 2023. 1)     EDCA concerns [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/no-sovereignty-issue-on-additional-edca-sites-dnd-insists](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/no-sovereignty-issue-on-additional-edca-sites-dnd-insists) 2)     Foreign Affairs [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ph-voices-concern-over-nuke-use-rhetoric](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ph-voices-concern-over-nuke-use-rhetoric) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ph-starts-sending-durian-exports-to-china](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ph-starts-sending-durian-exports-to-china) 3)     Immigration [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/bi-says-filipina-trafficked-victim-in-myanmar-paid-ransom](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/bi-says-filipina-trafficked-victim-in-myanmar-paid-ransom) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/bi-deports-seven-chinese-crew-of-distressed-vessel](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/bi-deports-seven-chinese-crew-of-distressed-vessel) 4)     Ex-president GMA Easter message [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/here-s-arroyo-s-advance-easter-sunday-message-for-pinoys-1](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/here-s-arroyo-s-advance-easter-sunday-message-for-pinoys-1) 5)     ‘Go Negosyo’ [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-negosyo-s-free-business-mentoring-set-in-pampanga](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-negosyo-s-free-business-mentoring-set-in-pampanga) 6)     Civil service [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/cse-fso-ratings-now-accessible-online-csc-announces](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/cse-fso-ratings-now-accessible-online-csc-announces) 7)     Judiciary [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/sc-reverses-court-of-appeals-grants-husband-s-plea-for-marriage-nullity](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/sc-reverses-court-of-appeals-grants-husband-s-plea-for-marriage-nullity) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/sandigan-denies-ex-isabela-town-mayor-s-plea-for-detention-in-municipal-police-station](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/sandigan-denies-ex-isabela-town-mayor-s-plea-for-detention-in-municipal-police-station) 8)     Legislature Senate [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-asks-pinoys-to-support-local-film-industry-highlights-summer-mmff](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-asks-pinoys-to-support-local-film-industry-highlights-summer-mmff) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-provides-aid-to-out-patients-in-san-jose-del-monte-city](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/go-provides-aid-to-out-patients-in-san-jose-del-monte-city) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/gatchalian-bill-assures-readiness-of-kindergarten-pupils](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/gatchalian-bill-assures-readiness-of-kindergarten-pupils) House [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/did-guanzon-try-to-touch-jungkook-s-abs-1](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/did-guanzon-try-to-touch-jungkook-s-abs-1) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/for-accuracy-alvarez-pursues-hybrid-polls-anew](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/for-accuracy-alvarez-pursues-hybrid-polls-anew) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/this-lady-solon-is-crazy-about-isaw-adidas](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/this-lady-solon-is-crazy-about-isaw-adidas) 9)     Religious [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/faithful-celebrate-easter-sunday-on-april-9-1](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/faithful-celebrate-easter-sunday-on-april-9-1) 10)  Metro Roundup [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/epd-patrols-holy-week-festivities-thru-bike-rides](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/epd-patrols-holy-week-festivities-thru-bike-rides) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/mpd-conducts-bisikleta-iglesia-amid-holy-week-1](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/mpd-conducts-bisikleta-iglesia-amid-holy-week-1) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/pasig-ramps-up-cso-participation-in-local-governance](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/pasig-ramps-up-cso-participation-in-local-governance) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/7-year-old-raped-killed-by-godfather-in-trece-martires-on-holy-thursday](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/7-year-old-raped-killed-by-godfather-in-trece-martires-on-holy-thursday) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/3-nabbed-for-selling-registered-sim-cards-in-makati](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/3-nabbed-for-selling-registered-sim-cards-in-makati) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/driver-nabbed-for-stealing-p73-6-m-valuables-including-p50-m-watch-from-korean-national](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/driver-nabbed-for-stealing-p73-6-m-valuables-including-p50-m-watch-from-korean-national) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/motornapper-killed-in-qc-armed-encounter](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/motornapper-killed-in-qc-armed-encounter) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/thousands-of-devotees-walk-to-see-miraculous-lolo-uweng](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/thousands-of-devotees-walk-to-see-miraculous-lolo-uweng) 11)  Provincial Roundup Luzon [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/5-drown-in-camarines-sur-beach-on-black-saturday](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/5-drown-in-camarines-sur-beach-on-black-saturday) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/dpwh-completes-2-road-projects-in-bataan](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/dpwh-completes-2-road-projects-in-bataan) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/suspect-in-murder-of-former-pangasinan-provincial-administrator-arrested](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/suspect-in-murder-of-former-pangasinan-provincial-administrator-arrested) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/drug-pusher-shot-dead-3-cops-hurt-in-nueva-ecija-buy-bust](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/drug-pusher-shot-dead-3-cops-hurt-in-nueva-ecija-buy-bust) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/cops-build-stable-water-source-for-farmers-renovate-house-of-poor-resident-in-mimaropa](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/cops-build-stable-water-source-for-farmers-renovate-house-of-poor-resident-in-mimaropa) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/thousands-visit-kamay-ni-jesus-healing-church-in-quezon](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/thousands-visit-kamay-ni-jesus-healing-church-in-quezon) Visayas [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/abalos-joins-search-for-missing-ati-leader-in-boracay](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/abalos-joins-search-for-missing-ati-leader-in-boracay) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ex-con-yields-p7-4-m-shabu-in-cebu-buy-bust](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/ex-con-yields-p7-4-m-shabu-in-cebu-buy-bust) Mindanao [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/fallen-power-line-in-davao-city-kills-2-hurts-2-on-good-friday](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/fallen-power-line-in-davao-city-kills-2-hurts-2-on-good-friday) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/100-000-observe-holy-week-at-abong-abong-park-in-zamboanga-city](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/100-000-observe-holy-week-at-abong-abong-park-in-zamboanga-city) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/thousands-participate-in-good-friday-procession-in-zamboanga-city](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/thousands-participate-in-good-friday-procession-in-zamboanga-city) 12)  World Roundup [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/federal-judge-in-texas-blocks-abortion-pill-in-us](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/federal-judge-in-texas-blocks-abortion-pill-in-us) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/biden-weighs-in-after-tennessee-vote-to-expel-black-lawmakers](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/biden-weighs-in-after-tennessee-vote-to-expel-black-lawmakers) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/china-launches-three-days-of-military-drills-in-taiwan-strait](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/china-launches-three-days-of-military-drills-in-taiwan-strait) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/one-killed-five-wounded-in-tel-aviv-attack-new-toll](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/one-killed-five-wounded-in-tel-aviv-attack-new-toll) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/stress-and-trauma-mental-toll-of-turkey-s-deadly-quake](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/stress-and-trauma-mental-toll-of-turkey-s-deadly-quake) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/pope-skips-good-friday-procession-due-to-cold-weather](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/pope-skips-good-friday-procession-due-to-cold-weather) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-in-canada-after-ice-storm](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/8/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-in-canada-after-ice-storm) [https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/14-to-face-trial-over-french-teacher-s-beheading](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/7/14-to-face-trial-over-french-teacher-s-beheading)
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