(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 11 June 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 115 km North of Virac, Catanduanes or 285 km East of Infanta, Quezon (14.6°N, 124.3°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting the western section of the country. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Light to moderate winds coming from Southwest to West will prevail with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.1 meters).


TOP STORIES - Tuesday, January 17, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

17 January 2023, Tuesday, as of 9AM

 1. Marcos at WEF:

-Seven PHL tycoons in Davos to support Marcos during WEF —Palace

-Marcos Jr.’s trip to WEF vital in boosting PH economy — economist

-Diokno introduces PHL sovereign fund to economic leaders in Switzerland

-Marcos says Asia-Pacific can prosper sans Cold War mentality

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/17/tycoons-marcos-delegation-switzerland-wef.html

2. Missing Cebu activists:

-2 missing union workers found, groups demand accountability for abduction

-Labor group press DOLE, DOJ to act on attacks vs workers

-Authorities denying abduction in dev't workers' disappearance —father

-ILO urged to look into apparent abduction of Cebu development workers

[Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/1/16/union-workers-found.html

3. Magalong slams SMNI owner, program hosts for red-tagging, eyes suit [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857607/magalong-slams-badoy-quiboloy-over-red-tagging/story/

4. Murder case against Sandra Cam, son junked [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/16/23/murder-case-against-sandra-cam-son-junked

5. DOH’s weekly COVID-19 report: 2,934 more in PHL contract virus from January 9-15 [CNN PHL, GMA News, News5, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717196/dohs-weekly-covid-19-report-2934-more-in-ph-contract-virus-from-january-9-15

6. Magnitude 5.3 quake rocks Camarines Norte [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler, DZMM, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/17/23/magnitude-53-quake-rocks-

camarines-norte

7. 2 LPAs now inside PAR; cloudy skies, rain to persist in parts of PHL —PAGASA [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1717439/two-lpas-now-inside-par-cloudy-skies-rain-to-persist-in-parts-of-ph-pagasa

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