(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Monday, 11 November 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Typhoon "NIKA" {TORAJI} was estimated based on all available data at 120 km East Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora (15.9°N, 123.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h and gustiness of up to 150 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 20 km/h. TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YINXING (2422) (FORMERLY "MARCE") LOCATION: 880 KM WEST OF NORTHERN LUZON (18.5°N, 112.2°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 110 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 135 KM/H MOVEMENT: SOUTHWESTWARD AT 15 KM/H TROPICAL STORM MAN-YI (2424) LOCATION: 3,555 KM EAST OF CENTRAL LUZON (15.2°N, 154.8°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 85 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 105 KM/H MOVEMENT: EASTWARD SLOWLY TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCATION: 1,685 KM EAST OF EASTERN VISAYAS (11.4°N, 141.2°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 45 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 55 KM/H MOVEMENT: WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 35 KM/H 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 partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.


TOP STORIES - Wednesday, January 25, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

25 January 2023, Wednesday, as of 5PM

1. Aircraft tragedies

- 2 dead in Bataan military plane crash

-6 onboard missing Cessna plane in Isabela identified

[DZMM, ABS-CBN News, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, CNN PHL, Rappler]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/01/25/23/2-dead-in-bataan-military-plane-crash

2. PSAC: Marcos commits to certify E-Governance Act as urgent

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1720872/psac-marcos-jr-commits-to-certify-as-urgent-e-governance-act

3. Senate hearing on human trafficking and other OFW issues

-Senate kicks off investigation into trafficking scheme by 'Chinese mafia'

-Fake BI stamp on trafficked Filipino's passport bared at Senate hearing

-Senators see emerging humanitarian crisis in crypto scam operations in Myanmar, Cambodia

-8 human trafficking victims in Cambodia may return to PH by Friday or Saturday

-Hontiveros calls for "total overhaul" of BI amid non-stop operation of syndicates involved in human trafficking

-Kuwaiti suspect in Filipina OFW’s death arrested — embassy

-Philippines resumes deployment of workers to India

-Gov't to put up more offices to screen OFW employers

[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, News5]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/senate-kicks-off-investigation-into-chinese-mafia-trafficking-scheme

4. SAF 44 anniversary

-PNP commemorates SAF 44, 7 years after deadly clash

-Palace honors fallen SAF 44

-Justice remains elusive for SAF 44 families

[CNN PHL, News5, Rappler, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.rappler.com/nation/pnp-commemorates-saf-44-january-2022/

5. COVID-19 update

-No official answer yet from Palace on state of calamity extension — DOH

-COVID-19 not among top 10 causes of death in 2022

-Cebu Pacific says full pre-pandemic capacity to be restored by March

[CNN PHL, Inqurier, Philstar, Manila Times, ABS-CBN News]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1720953/no-official-response-yet-from-palace-on-state-of-calamity-extension-doh

6. SIM Registration

-Gov't. telcos roll out SIM registration drive in remote areas

-Registration requirement to dampen SIM card sales, says DICT

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/25/23/sim-registration-begins-in-remote-areas

7. PDEA-NCR chief tagged by FPRRD in illegal drugs trade yields in Leyte

[DZRH, Rappler, GMA News, DZBB, Inquirer, Philstar]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/25/pdea-ncr-chief-tagged-by-fprrd-in-illegal-drugs-trade-yields-in-leyte

8. Ex-PSG chief Durante tagged in slay of Davao businesswoman

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/ex-psg-chief-durante-tagged-in-slay-of-davao-businesswoman

9. 2 hurt, 10 houses destroyed in Caloocan fire

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/25/2-hurt-10-houses-destroyed-in-caloocan-fire/

10. Student groups say ‘No to mandatory ROTC’

[ABS-CBN News, Rappler, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1721035/fwd-youth-groups-protesting-vs-mandatory-rotc-revival-branded-as-leftists-by-dela-rosa

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