(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 02 June 2023) Southwest Monsoon affecting the country. ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAWAR {2302} (FORMERLY "BETTY") LOCATION: 945 KM NORTHEAST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON (26.9°N, 128.3°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H GUSTINESS: UP TO 145 KM/H MOVEMENT: NORTHEASTWARD AT 25 KM/H FOR. Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Moderate to Strong winds coming from South to Southwest will prevail with Moderate to Rough seas (1.2 to 2.8 meters).


TOP STORIES - Saturday, January 28, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

28 January 2023, Saturday, as of 4PM

1. Oil prices projected to increase anew on Jan. 31 [Inquirer, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/28/23/oil-prices-projected-to-increase-anew-on-jan-31 

2. Remains of slain OFW in Kuwait now in PHL [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, News5, Daily Tribune, Rappler, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1722265/slain-ofw-ranaras-remains-now-in-ph

3. PHL war on drugs: 

-PHL justice chief says ICC drug war probe ‘not welcome, an irritant’

-CHR: New ICC bid for drug war probe chance to show high-level human rights commitment of PHL

[Inquirer, DZBB, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/858843/ph-justice-chief-says-icc-drug-war-probe-not-welcome-an-irritant/story/?just_in

4. Palace warns public vs scams offering positions in gov't [News5, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/28/Palace-warns-scam-offers-government-positions.html

5. SC: TRAIN law constitutional [GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/28/2240758/sc-train-law-constitutional

6. SC: Ban on losing candidates as party-list nominees unconstitutional [Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/858857/sc-ban-on-losing-candidates-as-party-list-nominees-unconstitutional/story/

7. Rescuers zero in on possible location of missing Cessna [DZBB, DZRH, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/28/rescuers-zero-in-on-missing-cessna-location.html

8. Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Eastern Samar [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Radyo Inquirer, Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/01/28/news/magnitude-55-earthquakejolts-eastern-samar/1876238

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