(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Monday, 11 November 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Typhoon "NIKA" {TORAJI} was estimated based on all available data at 120 km East Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora (15.9°N, 123.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h and gustiness of up to 150 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 20 km/h. TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM YINXING (2422) (FORMERLY "MARCE") LOCATION: 880 KM WEST OF NORTHERN LUZON (18.5°N, 112.2°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 110 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 135 KM/H MOVEMENT: SOUTHWESTWARD AT 15 KM/H TROPICAL STORM MAN-YI (2424) LOCATION: 3,555 KM EAST OF CENTRAL LUZON (15.2°N, 154.8°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 85 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 105 KM/H MOVEMENT: EASTWARD SLOWLY TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCATION: 1,685 KM EAST OF EASTERN VISAYAS (11.4°N, 141.2°E) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 45 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 55 KM/H MOVEMENT: WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 35 KM/H 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 partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.


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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