(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Sunday, 21 December 2025) Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting southern Mindanao. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Caraga, Davao Region, Sarangani, South Cotabato, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms caused to ITCZ. Possible landslides or flashfloods due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Easterlies. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds from the east to northeast with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES - Sunday, June 30, 2024

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

As of 4:00 p.m., 30 June 2024, Sunday

1. VICE PRESIDENCY

- VP sara says she will not seek confidential funds from gov’t in 2025

-  VP Sara rejects tag as ‘opposition leader’

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, The Manila Times]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314465726/vp-sara-says-she-will-not-seek-confidential-funds-from-govt-in-2025

2. We know where Bantag is – DOJ

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

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/06/30/2366584/we-know-where-bantag-doj

3. ​Boat engine explosion injures 2 Filipino fishers near Bajo de Masinloc

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

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/30/-boat-engine-explosion-injures-2-filipino-fishers-near-bajo-de-masinloc-1121

4. Five dead, 38 injured in Mindanao firecracker depot blast

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Manila Standard, Philstar, The Manila Times]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/06/30/news/five-dead-38-injured-in-mindanao-firecracker-depot-blast/1954194

5. Cybercrimes up by 21% during the first quarter of 2024, says PNP; Marbil tells cops to stop moonlighting

[GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1956499/cybercrimes-up-by-21-during-the-first-quarter-of-2024-says-pnp

6. Baguio Midland Courier to cease operations after 77 years

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

https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/6/30/baguio-midland-courier-to-cease-operations-after-77-years-1310

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