(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Thursday, 17 July 2025) As of 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “CRISING” was located at 530 km east of Juban, Sorsogon (13.0°N, 128.9°E). It has maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h. Tropical Depression Crising is currently affecting Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte, while the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect the rest of Mindanao. Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to TD Crising. Flash floods or landslides are possible during moderate to at times heavy rainfall. Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and the rest of Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms caused by the Southwest Monsoon. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, also due to the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be moderate from the southwest to west, with moderate seas (wave height: 1.2 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES – Saturday, 17 February 2024

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

As of 4:00 p.m., Saturday, 17 February 2024

Filipino fishermen fetch MV Kapitan Felix Oca at a designated rendezvous point in the West Philippine Sea on December 11, 2023.  Michael Varcas / The Philippine STAR
 1. WEST PHL SEA:

-More PCG, BFAR vessels to be deployed in Bajo De Masinloc to protect fishers vs China

-BFAR: China using cyanide to ‘intentionally destroy’ Bajo de Masinloc

-PH, China exchange radio challenges in WPS anew

-Chinese ships block passage to Ayungin Shoal as PH holds another resupply mission

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Philstar, Business Mirror, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/02/17/2334035/more-pcg-bfar-vessels-be-deployed-west-philippine-sea

2. SC nixes WPS oil pact with China, Vietnam

[Manila Standard, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Remate]

https://www.manilastandard.net/news/314417544/sc-nixes-wps-oil-pact-with-china-vietnam.html

3. PBBM signs new laws on state universities' upgrading, new medical school

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5PH]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/17/pbbm-signs-new-laws-upgrading-state-universities-establishing-college-of-medicine-program-1

4. PBBM vows to finish land reform program started by dad

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Manila Times, Abante Tonite, People’s Tonight]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1905687/marcos-fears-ghosts-if-land-reform-idled

5. PIRMA head faces Senate contempt raps

[Philstar, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/02/17/2334033/pirma-head-faces-senate-contempt-raps

6. Military personnel banned from using TikTok

[Philstar, Abante, GMA News, Manila Times]

 https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/02/17/news/ph-military-bans-use-of-tiktok-among-uniformed-personnel/1932903

7. Prosecutors push arson charge vs director Jade Castro, companions

[GMA News, Rappler, ABS-CBN News]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/prosecutor-pushes-arson-charge-director-jade-castro-companions

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