(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 – Wednesday, 21 June 2023

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring)

21 June 2023, Wednesday, as of 5:00 p.m.

Health Secretary Ted Herbosa gets his bivalent COVID-19 jab. Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

1. Bivalent vaccine rollout:

-Marcos tells LGUs: Make sure vulnerable Filipinos get bivalent COVID-19 shots

-Herbosa gets first bivalent vaccine jab in NCR

[ABS-CBN News, Rappler, CNN Philippines, GMA News, Manila Times]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/21/23/philippines-rolls-out-bivalent-covid-vaccine

2. Marcos says PHL making progress in talks with China, downplays recent Chinese coast guard shadowing [Business Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/06/21/news/ph-making-progress-in-talks-with-china

3. Zubiri signs Maharlika Investment Fund bill [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News]

http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/21/migz-zubiri-signs-maharlika-investment-fund-bill.html

4. PBBM vows bonus for DA personnel, cites agriculture role in development  [Bulgar, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard]

https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314341950/pbbm-vows-bonus-for-da-personnel-cites-agriculture-role-in-development.html

5. Sandiganbayan junks bid to present addt'l witness testimony in Marcos ill-gotten wealth case [Abante Tonite, Manila Standard, CNN PHL]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/6/20/sandiganbayan-etpi-case-marcos-family.html

6. Senators reject DOH chief’s plan to hire nursing board flunkers [Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Star Ngayon, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine Star, CNN Philippines]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1790966/senators-reject-doh-chiefs-plan-to-hire-nursing-board-flunkers

7. AFGHAN REFUGEES

-PHL decision on housing Afghan refugees seen next month

-Duterte weighs in on Afghan refugee issue

-Bishop calls for compassion for Afghan refugees

-Housing Afghans in PHL the highest form of compliance to human rights – senator

[GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pilipino Mirror, ABS-CBN News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/873552/ph-decision-on-housing-afghan-refugees-seen-next-month-amb-romualdez/story/

8. Impending LRT fare hike opposed [Bulgar, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Philippine Daily Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1790948/impending-lrt-fare-hike-opposed

9. ‘FE.1’ COVID-19 Omicron subvariant:

-FE.1 variant may cause severe COVID infections

-New Omicron sublineage FE.1 no cause for alarm –expert

[GMA News, Manila Times, The Philippine Star, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin]

https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/314342004/fe-1-variant-may-cause-severe-covid-infections.html

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