(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 17 July 2025) As of 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “CRISING” was located at 530 km east of Juban, Sorsogon (13.0°N, 128.9°E). It has maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h. Tropical Depression Crising is currently affecting Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte, while the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect the rest of Mindanao. Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to TD Crising. Flash floods or landslides are possible during moderate to at times heavy rainfall. Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and the rest of Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms caused by the Southwest Monsoon. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, also due to the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be moderate from the southwest to west, with moderate seas (wave height: 1.2 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES - Thursday, November 17, 2022

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

17 November 2022, Thursday, as of 5PM

1. APEC 2022

-Marcos attend APEC CEO Summit

-‘Best politics is to perform,’ says Marcos

-Marcos warns of looming ‘dark clouds’ of food security, climate change

-Marcos zeroes in on 3 ‘serious global problems’ at APEC leaders meeting

-Marcos urges APEC: Uphold peace in Asia-Pacific to resolve rising prices, supply chain woes

-Marcos expected to tackle West Philippine Sea in bilateral talk with Xi

-Renewables to supply half of PH power needs by 2040, Marcos tells APEC leaders

[GMA News Online, ABS-CBN News Online, PhilStar, CNN PHL Online, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, One News, News5] ©PIA-PMU

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/208412/best-politics-is-to-perform-says-marcos

2. Marcos woos Thailand’s CP Group to invest in PPPs

-PH to gain new investments from Thailand’s CP Group

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/851736/marcos-woos-thailand-s-cp-group-to-invest-in-ppps/story/?just_in

3. BSP raise interest rates by 75 basis points

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/business/2022/11/17/BSP-hikes-interest-rates.html

4. PH HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION

-Marcos committed to strengthening accountability mechanisms — Remulla

-CHR lauds PH’s participation in periodic review of human rights issues by UNHRC

-Remulla to UNHRC: ‘PH gov’t has no state policy to attack human rights defenders, lawyers, media’

-Philippines accepted 200 recommendations in human rights review —Remulla

-Koko twits Remulla over claim that PH has 'no culture of impunity'

-Before UNHRC, Remulla denies claims of shrinking civic, media spaces

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/851725/marcos-committed-to-strengthening-accountability-mechanisms-remulla/story/?just_in

5. Tulfo, Villar argue on developers converting farmlands into residential spaces

[CNN PHL Online, News 5, ABS-CBN News Online, PhilStar, GMA News Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU

https://news.tv5.com.ph/breaking/read/rooted-issue-tulfo-villar-get-heated-on-converting-farmlands-into-subdivisions-commercial-spaces

6. Metro Manila’s COVID-19 positivity rate declining at ‘slower rate’, says OCTA

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

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/11/17/2224500/octa-ncr-positivity-rate-decreased-74-could-be-plateauing

7. Former NTF-ELCAC spox Badoy counters indirect contempt bid

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/851747/former-ntf-elcac-spox-badoy-counters-indirect-contempt-bid/story/?just_in

8. Coast Guard to welcome US VP Harris on BRP Teresa Magbanua

-US vice president’s Palawan visit no effect on WPS situation - official

[PhilStar, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/17/2224504/coast-guard-welcome-us-vp-harris-brp-teresa-magbanua

9. MWSS approve proposed water rate increase for Manila Water and Maynilad

[Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online, GMA News Online, CNN PHL Online] ©PIA-PMU

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/17/22/hirit-na-dagdag-singil-ng-maynilad-manila-water-lusot-na

10.  Govt to toll out SIM registration law by Dec 27, IRR out on Dec 12

[Manila Times, Inquirer, ABS-CBN News Online] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/11/17/latest-stories/govt-to-toll-out-sim-registrationlaw-by-dec-27-irr-out-on-dec-12/1866691

11. Bantag says he has yet to receive subpoena over Percy Lapid slay

-PNP to Bantag’s lawyer: Help us deliver subpoena at his current address

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/851722/bantag-says-he-has-yet-to-receive-subpoena-for-percy-lapid-slay-probe/story/?just_in

12. N. Korea fires missile hours after warning of 'fiercer' military response

[ABS-CBN News Online, Inquirer, GMA News Online] ©PIA-PMU

https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/17/22/n-korea-fires-missile-hours-after-warning-of-fiercer-military-response

—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—

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