(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 16 January 2026) Dinagat Islands will experience rains with gusty winds due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. The eastern section of Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds from west to southwest with moderate to rough seas (2.1 to 3.4 meters). The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds from northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "ADA" {NOKAEN} was estimated based on all available data at 270 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (12.1°N, 127.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon.


TOP STORIES - Saturday, 10 August 2024

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

As of 4:00 p.m, Saturday, 10 August 2024

1. VP SARA DUTERTE TIRADES

-‘No description’: Sara Duterte says she and Marcos no longer talk, see each other

-VP Sara: I'm using my position, platform to show gov't officials how to command

-Budget issues force me to resign, Sara reveals

-VP PhilHealth criticism ‘inaccurate,’ says Gadon

-Solons tell VP: Stop bitter blaming spree

-Lawmakers not yet done lashing back at Sara

-Sara Duterte's security budget should be scrutinized: lawmaker

[Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA News, Rappler, ABS-CBN News]

2. SWS: VP Sara’s net satisfaction drops in Q2 2024

[PhilStar, GMA News, Rappler, Manila Bulletin]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/10/2376865/sara-dutertes-popularity-slips-after-deped-exit-sws-survey

3. Marcos creates Presidential Office for Child Protection

[Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, Pilipino Star Ngayon]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1971337/presidential-office-for-child-protection-created

4. US-PHL RELATION

Marcos thanks American lawmakers for supporting PH-US alliance

-Phl grateful over U.S. CODEL support

[Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, GMA News]

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/10/2376817/president-marcos-thanks-united-states-congress-500-million-military-aid

5. Merger of UCPB, LBP leasing, financing units okayed

[Philippine Daily Inquirer, BusinessMirror]

https://business.inquirer.net/474034/merger-of-ucpb-lbp-leasing-financing-units-okayed

6. ILLEGAL DRUGS

-Generals send feelers to testify on drug war EJKs

-PNP: No efforts to coax officials to be ICC witnesses monitored

[GMA News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1971341/generals-send-feelers-to-testify-on-drug-war-ejks

7. At sea, the PCG finds a ‘friend’ in co-claimant Vietnam

[Rappler, GMA News, Inquirer, PhilStar]

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-vietnam-joint-exercise-august-2024/

8. PASTOR QUIBOLOY CASE

-NBI serves another arrest warrant vs. Quiboloy, others

-PNP braces for long battle to get Quiboloy

-Quiboloy's camp questions order freezing his bank accounts

[GMA News, The Philippine Star, Inquirer]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/916552/nbi-serves-another-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy-others/story/

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