(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).


Thursday, 22 February 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 22 February 2024

1. PCG spox slams China’s gaslighting, says PH vessels still in Bajo de Masinloc

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Rappler, Manila Standard]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314419005/pcg-spox-slams-chinas-gaslighting-says-ph-vessels-still-in-bajo-de-masinloc.html

2. DOJ chief vows to go after culprits behind alleged cyanide fishing in Bajo de Masinloc

[Abante, Daily Tribune, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine STAR, BusinessMirror]

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/02/21/doj-chief-vows-to-go-after-culprits-behind-alleged-cyanide-fishing-in-bajo-de-masinloc/

3. Korean firm Miru wins top 2025 election contract, replacing Smartmatic

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler, GMA News]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/898285/comelec-to-award-vote-counting-machine-contract-to-lone-bidder-miru-systems/story/?just_in

4. Ambassadors tour Laperal Mansion, the President's guesthouse

[Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Daily Tribune, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/02/22/news/ambassadors-tour-laperal-mansion-the-presidents-guesthouse/1933633

5. 57 lawmakers reject Mindanao secession, want to hold accountable those calling for it

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, Manila Bulletin, News5, People’s Journal, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Manila Times, The Philippine Star, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/lawmakers-manifesto-hold-accountable-mindanao-secession-advocates/

6. US launches P1.6-B program to boost PH higher education

[Manila Standard, People’s Tonight, The Philippine Star, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/02/22/campus-press/us-launches-p16-b-program-to-boost-ph-higher-education/1933601

7. Marcos sees ‘great deal of potential’ in PH-Hawaii trade

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Inquirer]

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/226382/marcos-sees-great-deal-of-potential-in-ph-hawaii-trade

8. House eyes economic Cha-cha approval before Holy Week break

[Philippine Daily Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard]

https://manilastandard.net/news/top-stories/314418958/house-eyes-economic-cha-cha-approval-before-holy-week-break.html

9. PINOYS ABROAD:

-Kuwait appeal court upholds 15-year sentence vs Ranara's killer

-14 repatriates from Gaza now in PHL

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, ABS-CBN News]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/21/kuwait-appeal-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-vs-ranara-s-killer-2257

10. Romualdez dismisses Quiboloy's PHL-US connivance claim as diversionary tactics

[GMA News, Pilipino Star Ngayon, People’s Journal]

https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/bansa/2024/02/22/2335125/alegasyon-ni-quiboloy-diversionary-tactics-romualdez

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