Amid false rumours about his health, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led a series of actions and engagements this week aimed at easing the impact of rising global fuel prices, improving food affordability, and strengthening anti-corruption and anti-disinformation efforts.

2.PSC INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GAMES VISAYAS LEG UNDERWAY IN ILOILO -- PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will kick off the 2026 Indigenous Peoples (IP) Games with the Visayas leg in Iloilo City on Saturday.

SINGAPORE

1. ALLOWING ANY PARTY TO WEAPONISE AN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY SETS A ‘DANGEROUS PRECEDENT’: PM WONG-- CNA

Allowing any party to illegally weaponise an international waterway sets a "dangerous precedent", Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday.

 2. ABOUT 20 CASES OF ILLEGAL DENTAL PRACTICE PROBED IN SINGAPORE BETWEEN 2021 AND 2025 --  THE STRAITS TIMES

A woman who had aesthetic veneers fitted by a self-taught “dentist” operating out of hotel rooms was shocked when she could not even floss her teeth afterwards, causing much discomfort.

THAILAND

1. PM ORDERS SECURITY AGENCIES TO EXAMINE MEDIA INTIMIDATION CLAIMS -- THE NATION

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an urgent investigation into alleged information operations targeting journalists, stressing that the state must never threaten or harm the media.

2. MINISTER WARNS OF RISING PRICE PRESSURE -- BANGKOK POST

Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun has acknowledged consumer goods are likely to become more expensive as production costs increase, despite government measures to ease the burden on households.

VIETNAM

1.STATE ENTERPRISES TO DRIVE GROWTH -- VIETNAMPLUS

The government wants to transform the state's economic sector into an engine of growth. It will initiate reforms in governance, efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises to create new momentum for growth.

 2.SPECIAL ZONES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES -- VIETNAMPLUS

Hanoi’s roadmap to implement low-emission zones from July will boost the electric two-wheeler market. More consumers are shifting towards greener mobility amid fuel price pressures and tightening restrictions on petrol vehicles.

-- BERNAMA