(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 - Monday, 27 May 2024

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online and print media monitoring) As of 5:00 p.m., 27 May 2024, Monday

1. TYPHOON AGHON:

-Typhoon Aghon keeps strength; Signal No. 2 still up in 2 Luzon areas

-NDRRMC: Reports 7 hurt, over 19,000 affected by Aghon

-Calabarzon hardest hit by Aghon; Lucena City under state of calamity

-'Aghon' kills baby, 2 others in Quezon

-Marcos admin allocates P1.2-M aid for Filipinos affected by Aghon

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1945325/inqtoday-aghon-affected-at-least-19350-ndrrmc-signal-no-2-still-up-in-2-luzon-areas

2. Marcos signs law for accounting of Philippines natural resources

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, People’s Journal, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/27/2358122/president-marcos-signs-law-accounting-philippines-natural-resources

3. PH protests unilateral Chinese fishing ban in South China Sea

[Daily Tribune, Business World, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Philstar, Reuters] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908117/ph-protests-unilateral-chinese-fishing-ban-in-south-china-sea/story

4. DFA: China’s Coast Guard rules violate int’l law

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Rappler, The Manila Times] https://globalnation.inquirer.net/237580/dfa-chinas-coast-guard-rules-violate-intl-law

5. ‘PDEA leaks’ probe not behind Zubiri ouster – Chiz

[Abante, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Bulletin, The Philippine STAR, Pilipino Star NGAYON]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/27/2358160/pdea-leaks-probe-not-behind-zubiri-ouster-chiz

6. BOQ on ‘heightened alert’ vs FLiRT COVID-19 variants

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908086/boq-on-heightened-alert-vs-flirt-covid-19-variants/story/

7. Luzon Grid under red, yellow alerts Monday afternoon; Oil price hike set Tuesday

[ABS-CBN News, DZBB, GMA News, Rappler, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila Times]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/26/red-yellow-alerts-declared-for-luzon-grid-monday

8. PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat from Tonga earthquake

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, News5, The Manila Times] https://globalnation.inquirer.net/237613/no-tsunami-warning-in-ph-after-magnitude-6-6-quake-in-tonga-phivolcs

9. Davao City mayor condemns relieving of 35 police officers

[GMA News, Philstar, Malaya, Rappler] https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/102129/davao-city-mayor-condemns-relieving-of-35-police-officers/story/

10. Ombudsman suspends Nueva Ecija governor, but CA issues 60-day TRO

[BusinessMirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Standard, Rappler]

https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/ombudsman-suspends-nueva-ecija-governor-umali-court-appeals-issues-tro

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