(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 12 September 2025) Easterlies continue to affect Mindanao. Severe Tropical Storm TAPAH (formerly “Lannie”) – Outside PAR as of 3:00 AM today Location: 910 km west of Extreme Northern Luzon (20.8°N, 113.1°E) Maximum Sustained Winds: 95 km/h near the center Gustiness: Up to 115 km/h Movement: North-northwestward at 15 km/h 🔹 Forecast: CARAGA Region: Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to Easterlies. Moderate to heavy rains may cause flash floods and landslides in some areas. Rest of Mindanao: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms also due to Easterlies. Winds and Seas: Light to moderate winds from the east to northeast. Coastal waters will be slight to moderate (wave heights: 0.6 – 1.5 meters).


Wednesday, 22 May 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Photo courtesy of Liza Araneta-Marcos/Instagram

1. SENATE LEADERSHIP:

-Marcos meets with Escudero, other senators after Zubiri's ouster

-Escudero admits instigating Zubiri ouster, denies Palace hand

-Drilon: Alignments among Marcoses, Dutertes are clear in Senate

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, GMA News, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, OneNews, People’s Journal, People’s Tonight, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Abante, Abante Tonite, Pilipino Star NGAYON, Rappler, The Manila Times, The Philippine Star]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/22/marcos-meets-with-escudero-other-senators-after-senate-shakeup-850

2. Marcos OKs move to revert to old school calendar

[ABS–CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, Rappler, The Manila Times]

3. Ex-WESCOM chief Carlos: I did not enter into any deal with China

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Rappler, GMA News, Philstar, The Manila Times] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907586/ex-wescom-chief-carlos-i-did-not-enter-into-any-deal-with-china/story

4. El Niño agri damage nears P10B – DA

[BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, Philstar, The Manila Times] https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/05/22/news/national/el-nio-agri-damage-nears-p10b-da/1947793

5. New LPA outside PAR might be Philippines’ first tropical cyclone for 2024

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar, Rappler, Manila Times] https://www.rappler.com/nation/weather/low-pressure-area-update-pagasa-forecast-may-22-2024-8am

6. DOH: No border restrictions yet amid COVID resurgence in Singapore

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, The Manila Times] https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/05/22/news/doh-no-border-restrictions-yet-amid-covid-resurgence-in-singapore

7. Senate resumes investigation on Tarlac Pogo and Bamban Mayor Alice Guo

-Mayor Guo says she only learned about business partners' criminal records on social media

-Senator says Guo's live-in partner runs POGO; mayor says she has no boyfriend

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer]

House bill amending Rice Tariffication Law hurdles 3rd reading

[ABS-CBN News, BusinessMirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila Times] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1943379/livestream-senate-resumes-investigation-on-tarlac-pogo-and-bamban-mayor-alice-guo

8. Show-cause order awaits Yang if he doesn’t show up—Barbers

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard]https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1943309/show-cause-order-awaits-yang-if-he-doesnt-show-up-barbers

9. House ethics body 'unanimously' decides to sanction Alvarez

[ABS-CBN News, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Philstar] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/22/2357003/house-ethics-body-unanimously-decides-sanction-alvarez

10. Taguig court convicts child rights defender Ujano of rebellion

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philstar] https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/907575/taguig-court-ujano-rebellion/story

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