(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 15 July 2025) The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect Mindanao. FORECAST: The Zamboanga Peninsula will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon. These conditions may lead to possible flash floods or landslides, especially during moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also influenced by the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be light to moderate from the southwest, with slight to moderate seas (wave height between 0.6 to 2.1 meters).


TOP STORIES – Wednesday, February 08, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

08 February 2023, Wednesday, as of 9AM 

1. Marcos calls on Filipinos to pay correct taxes on time [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Marcos-Filipinos-pay-correct-taxes-on-time.html

2. Major quake in Türkiye:

-PHL to send 85-person team to help quake-hit Türkiye

-2 Filipinos hurt in Türkiye after massive earthquake —DFA

-3 Filipinos missing in Türkiye after powerful quake —community leader

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/2/7/Philippines-Turkey-earthquake-response-team.html

3. Philippines records first cases of COVID variants XBB.1.5, CH.1.1 [Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/07/23/ph-records-first-cases-of-covid-variants-xbb15-ch11

4. Abalos names ex-CA justice as 5th reviewer of PNP courtesy resignations [CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/ex-ca-justice-is-the-5th-man-to-evaluate-pnp-colonels-generals-in-narco-cops-purge/

5. Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Camarines Norte — PHIVOLCS [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/07/magnitude-5-1-quake-jolts-camarines-norte-phivolcs/

6. UN rapporteur to train 35 government docs in forensics [CNN PHL, Philstar, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1726778/un-rapporteur-to-train-35-government-docs-on-forensics

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