(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 09 July 2025) The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect Mindanao. FORECAST: The Zamboanga Peninsula will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon. These conditions may lead to possible flash floods or landslides, especially during moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also influenced by the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be light to moderate from the southwest, with slight to moderate seas (wave height between 0.6 to 2.1 meters).


TOP STORIES - Sunday, October 16, 2022

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)     

16 October 2022, Sunday, as of 4PM

1. WEATHER

-Neneng now a typhoon; Signal no. 3 still up over western part of Babuyan Islands

-Pre-emptive evacuation of Barangay Taytay in Baggao town ordered

-Neneng causes landslides, flooding, power outage in Cagayan

-Soil erosion due to ‘Neneng’ closes some roads in Northern Luzon

-171 families flee as Neneng causes floods in Cagayan

-DSWD: P8 million fund on standby for those affected by Neneng

 [GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, PhilStar, CNN PHL Online, ABS-CBN News Online, Rappler, Manila Times, Manila Standard] ©PIA-PMU

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/22/neneng-now-a-typhoon-after-extreme-rapid-intensification

 2. Marcos assures gov’t aid to ‘Neneng’-hit provinces

[Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, GMA News Online] ©PIA-PMU

https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/16/marcos-to-neneng-hit-provinces-help-is-on-the-way/

 3. NCRPO MEDIA VISITS

-Cop’s visit to journalist’s home stirs media unease

-NCRPO apologizes, tells commanders to refrain from visiting journalists’ home

-Makabayan solon seeks probe on police visits to journalists’ home

-PNP to release policies on how to deal with journalists amid house visit issue

-Eastern Police District defends visits to journalists’ homes

[Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online, CNN PHL Online, GMA News Online, Rappler, Daily Tribune] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1680364/cops-visit-to-journos-home-stirs-media-unease       

4. Davao prosecutors trash Quiboloy cyber libel complaint vs Pacquiao

 [Rappler, Inquirer, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/davao-prosecutors-trash-quiboloy-cyber-libel-complaint-pacquiao

 5. DOJ SEC. REMULLA’S SON ARREST

-Remulla son won’t be tested for drugs; ‘not material’ to case

-No VIP treatment for Remulla's son – PDEA

- Kabataan Party-list vows to be vigilant on Remulla son’s case

-Lawyer warns justice system collapse if faith in DOJ is lost

-Remulla to pursue judicial reforms amid son’s arrest on drug charges

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard, Daily Tribune] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1680365/remulla-son-wont-be-tested-for-drugs-not-

material-to-case

6. DOH logs 2,367 new COVID-19 infections, active cases hit 26,404

[ABS-CBN News Online, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin, Eagle News] ©PIA-PMU

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/15/22/doh-reports-2367-new-covid-19-cases-38-deaths

7. COVID-19 subvariant XBB

-Omicron subvariant XBB may be in Philippines already due to open borders —health expert

-Entry of new subvariants a matter of time – OCTA

-COVID-19 subvariant XBB not cause for concern, but public urged to remain vigilant – expert

[PhilStar, CNN PHL Online, GMA News Online] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848217/omicron-subvariant-xbb-may-be-in-philippines-already-due-to-open-borders-health-expert/story/?just_in

8. Xi Jinping opens 20th congress of China’s ruling Communist Party

-China’s Xi says full control over Hong Kong achieved, determined on Taiwan

-China will ‘never commit to abandoning the use of force’ on Taiwan–Xi Jinping

 [Inquirer, GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online, CNN PHL Online, PhilStar, Manila Bulletin, Rappler] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.philstar.com/world/2022/10/16/2217111/chinas-communist-party-congress-opens-endorse-xis-rule

 —Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—