(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Sunday, 07 December 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression "WILMA" was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Matuguinao, Samar (12.2°N 125.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 75 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. Shear Line affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Luzon. Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds from northeast to northwest will prevail over the western sections of Mindanao with moderate to rough seas (1.2 to 3.1 meters). Elsewhere, moderate winds from the northwest to southwest to southeast with moderate seas (1.2 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES – Wednesday, April 26, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

26 April 2023, Wednesday, as of 9:00 a.m.

1. Sudan crisis:

-PHL plots land, air, sea exits for OFWs in conflict-hit Sudan

-DMW: PHL gov’t eyeing jobs in Saudi Arabia for OFWs fleeing Sudan

[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Phisltar, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/nation/overseas-filipinos/philippines-plots-land-air-sea-exits-ofws-sudan/

2. COVID-19 pandemic:

-PHL detects first case of Omicron subvariant ‘Arcturus’

-COVID-19 positivity rate up 11.7% nationwide

[ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Daily Tribune, Philstar, Manila Times, Business Mirror, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1760974/ph-detects-first-case-of-xbb-1-16-omicron-subvariant

3. Vaccination confidence in PHL:

-UNICEF: PHL confidence in childhood vaccines declines 25% during pandemic

-UNICEF: Over 1 million Filipino kids missed out routine immunization in 2021

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/868030/pinoy-confidence-in-childhood-vaccines-declines-25-during-pandemic-unicef/story/

4. SIM registration:

-DICT eyes removal of Facebook, TikTok of unregistered SIMs over extension

-20-M unregistered SIM cards, low turnout in islands prompted Marcos to extend registration

-Smart, Globe welcome extension of SIM registration deadline

-DICT: Low SIM registration turnout not due to lack of gov’t IDs

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/868022/dict-unregistered-sim-cards-to-lose-facebook-tiktok-over-90-day-extension/story/

5. Gov't 'looking for solutions' to power crisis in Occidental Mindoro – Remulla [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/25/DOJ-looking-into-solutions-power-crisis-Occidental-Mindoro.html

6. DOJ eyes writ of kalikasan over Oriental Mindoro oil spill [ABS-CBN News, GMA News, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/4/25/DOJ-writ-of-kalikasan-Oriental-Mindoro-oil-spill.html

7. US firepower on display as ‘Balikatan’ nears close [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, Inquirer]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/213809/us-firepower-on-display-as-balikatan-nears-close

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