(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 23 December 2025) Shear Line affecting the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Northern Luzon. Easterlies affecting the rest of the country. Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte will be cloudy with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to Easterlies. Possible landslides or flashfloods due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms caused by Easterlies. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds from the east to northeast with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES – Friday, February 17, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

17 February 2023, Friday, as of 5PM

1. Marcos foreign trips generate P3.48 trillion in investment pledges [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, News5, Rappler, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1731306/marcos-foreign-trips-generate-p3-48-trillion-in-investment-pledges

2. BuCor eyes new HQ at Masungi Georeserve as it claims land ownership [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1731268/bucor-plans-to-build-headquarters-in-masungi-not-relocation-of-new-bilibid-prison

3. PHL says China destabilizing peace in West Philippine Sea [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/861151/dfa-china-destabilizing-peace-in-west-philippine-sea/story/ 

4. PCG ship challenges Vietnamese fishing vessel off Recto Bank [DZBB, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/17/pcg-ship-challenges-vietnamese-fishing-vessel-off-recto-bank/

5. LRT-1 resumes full operations after electrical hitch [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, News5, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1731260/lrt-1-resumes-full-operations-after-electrical-hitch

6. Police release wanted poster of six suspects behind missing ‘sabungeros’ in Manila Arena [DZBB, Inquirer, Philstar, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/861171/police-release-wanted-poster-of-six-suspects-behind-missing-sabungeros-in-manila-arena/story/ 

7. Census: 

-4 out of 10 persons in PHL were never married —PSA

-PSA: 2020 saw 12.66 million PHL common-law partners

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1731347/psa-in-2020-the-number-of-filipino-singles-dropped-to-34-6-million

8. Over 22 million digital national IDs issued so far —PSA [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1731311/over-22-million-digital-national-ids-issued-so-far-psa 

9. De Lima supporters hold Mass for her freedom [ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/nation/video-leila-de-lima-supporters-hold-mass-end-detention-february-17-2023/

10. Fire hits Baseco, reaches third alarm

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

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/17/fire-hits-baseco-manila/

© Philippine Information Agency Monitoring Unit

Posted by at