(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 09 July 2025) The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect Mindanao. FORECAST: The Zamboanga Peninsula will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon. These conditions may lead to possible flash floods or landslides, especially during moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also influenced by the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be light to moderate from the southwest, with slight to moderate seas (wave height between 0.6 to 2.1 meters).


TOP STORIES – Sunday, 27 August, 2023

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

27 August 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 p.m.

1. ‘Goring’ intensifies into a super typhoon —PAGASA

- More areas in Isabela under Signal No. 3 as ‘Goring’ maintains strength Sunday

- NDRRMC places 5 regions on red alert due to ‘Goring’

[CNN Philippines, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, Philippine Star, ABS-CBN News, Manila Times]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/27/super-typhoon-goring.html

2. PBBM: Aid ready for ‘Goring’-hit areas

- Nearly 2,000 people affected by Super Typhoon ‘Goring’ –NDRRMC

- ‘Goring’ causes power outage in Cagayan, evacuations in Isabela

[Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News, CNN Philippines, GMA News, Philippine Star]

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/27/pbbm-aid-ready-for-goring-hit-areas

3. PBBM orders intensified efforts vs human trafficking —DOJ spox

[Philippine Star, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, CNN Philippines]

https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/bansa/2023/08/27/2291670/paglaban-vs-human-trafficking-paigtingin

 

4. VP Sara impeachment premature —ACT

[Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philippine Star, Manila Times]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1822335/lawmaker-says-impeachment-case-vs-vp-too-early

5. Cha-cha back on House agenda; Lagman says shift to federalism not the right time

[Manila Times, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/08/27/news/national/shift-to-federalism-not-the-right-time/1907194

6. AFP chief Brawner on PH-China joint patrols: ‘Mukhang malabo na’

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/880186/proposed-ph-china-joint-exercises-might-not-push-through-says-brawner/story/?just_in

7. BSKE election period, gun ban start on August 28

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/27/23/bske-election-period-gun-ban-start-on-aug-28

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