(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 12 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, 29 October 2023

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

29 October 2023, Sunday, as of 4:00 p.m.

1. Marcos eyes procuring locally-made materials for infra projects [Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, CNN PHL, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/886685/marcos-eyes-procuring-locally-made-materials-for-infra-projects/story/

2. Travelers continue to flock terminals ahead of Undas, BSKE [Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, GMA News, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/29/23/travelers-continue-to-flock-terminals-ahead-of-undas-polls

3. Two-day nationwide election liquor ban begins [Abante, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, People’s Journal, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/29/23/nationwide-election-liquor-ban-begins

4. Israel-Hamas war:

-DFA explains PH abstention in UN vote on Gaza

-DFA: PHL supports UN on addressing Israel-Hamas war

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/28/23/dfa-ph-supports-un-on-addressing-israel-hamas-war

5. Successive quakes shake Surigao del Sur [DZBB, ABS-CBN News, Inquirer]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1852368/successive-quakes-shake-surigao-del-sur

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