(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 16 January 2026) Dinagat Islands will experience rains with gusty winds due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. The eastern section of Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds from west to southwest with moderate to rough seas (2.1 to 3.4 meters). The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds from northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "ADA" {NOKAEN} was estimated based on all available data at 270 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (12.1°N, 127.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon.


TOP STORIES – Wednesday, May 31, 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

31 May 2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.

Photo by ANNA FELICIA BAJO

1. Maharlika Investment Fund

-Marcos assures public: State pension funds out in Maharlika

-NEDA’s Balisacan: Maharlika fund won’t increase PH debt

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/871634/marcos-no-intention-of-using-pension-funds-as-seed-funds-for-maharlika/story/

2. Degamo successor Guido Reyes dies; VG Sagarbarria takes place

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

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/23/degamo-successor-guido-reyes-dies

3. PHL debt balloons to record high P13.91T as of end-April 2023

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

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/871629/ph-debt-balloons-to-record-high-p13-91t-as-of-end-april-2023/story

4. Marcos to Inday Sara on her 45th birthday: Ignore the ‘tambaloslos’

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/23/ignore-the-tambaloslos-marcos-tells-vp-sara-on-her-birthday

5. Oriental Mindoro radio broadcaster shot dead; TF formed

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

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2023/5/31/Oriental-Mindoro-radio-broadcaster-shot-dead

6. Appointment

-DOTr names comms exec Hector Villacorta as LTO officer-in-charge

-Ex-DOTr chief, 85 other AFP officers secure CA nod

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1777384/dotr-names-comms-exec-hector-villacorta-as-lto-officer-in-charge

7. BSP expects May inflation to cool down further to 5.8% or stay at 6.6%

[Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/871630/bsp-expects-may-inflation-to-cool-down-further-to-5-8-or-stay-at-6-6/story/

8. PBBM tells VP Sara: Don’t mind shameless people

[GMA News, Manila Times, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1777453/bongbong-marcos-tells-vp-sara-please-dont-mind-shameless-people

9. Court of Tax Appeals affirms acquittal Ressa and Rappler of their tax evasion cases

[Rappler, CNN PHL, Philstar]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/31/2270466/tax-appeals-court-affirms-ressa-rappler-holdings-corp-acquittal

10. DOJ, EU agency to establish working arrangements vs transnational crimes

[GMA News, Philstar, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/31/2270445/doj-eu-agency-establish-working-arrangements-vs-transnational-crimes

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