(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 25 July 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 135 km West Southwest of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro (13.1°N, 120.0°E). Meanwhile, another LPA was estimated based on all available data at 880 km East of Eastern Visayas (11.1°N, 133.8°E). 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 rainshowers and thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times 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 Southeast will prevail with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES – Thursday, March 16, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

16 March 2023, Thursday, as of 9:00 a.m.

1. Degamo slay case:

-Teves seeks 2-month House leave due to ‘grave security threat’

-House panel orders Teves to explain failure to return to Philippines

-Teves, 2 sons charged over illegal possession of firearms

-March 16 declared a special non-working day in Negros Oriental

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

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/03/15/2251905/house-panel-orders-teves-explain-failure-return-philippines

2. Charter change:

-Romualdez responds to Zubiri: House rushing Cha-cha for country’s sake

-Padilla sets Cha-cha public forum, Speaker pushes economic reform

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/3/16/House-rushing-cha-cha-for-country.html

3. NCR jeepney minimum fare returns to P9 next month [Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/03/16/23/minimum-jeepney-fare-balik-p9-sa-metro-manila

4. North Korea launches missile ahead of South Korea-Japan summit

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/864047/north-korea-launches-missile-ahead-of-south-korea-japan-summit/story/?just_in

5. More parts of PHL to face rains due to LPA —PAGASA [Inquirer, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/16/23/more-parts-of-ph-to-face-rains-due-to-lpa-pagasa

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