(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 - Thursday, 15 August 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m., Thursday, 15 August 2024

1. Singapore president arrives in Philippines for three-day state visit

[Business Mirror, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Malaya, News5, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philstar, The Manila Times]  https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/15/2378085/singapore-president-arrives-philippines-three-day-state-visit

2. Marcos signs law adding more Shari'a judicial districts, circuit courts

[Daily Tribune, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar, The Manila Times] https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/15/2378086/marcos-oks-law-creating-more-courts-islamic-law

3. Marcos orders DA to build more soil testing centers

[Business Mirror, Business World, Daily Tribune, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Pilipino Star NGAYON, The Manila Times]https://manilastandard.net/news/314484062/marcos-orders-da-to-build-more-soil-testing-centers.html

4. WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Manila Standard, News5, Rappler] https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/08/15/world/americas-emea/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency-as-a-new-form-of-the-virus-spreads/1964363

5. Philippines gets ‘A’ rating from Japanese credit watchdog

[Business Mirror, BusinessWorld, Daily Tribune, Inquirer, Malaya, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, News5, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]  https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/14/japans-ri-gives-first-credit-upgrade

6. BSP cuts policy rate, a first in almost 4 years

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

https://business.inquirer.net/474998/bsp-cuts-policy-rate-a-first-in-almost-4-years

7. Agri groups file complaints vs Tariff Commission execs over EO 62

[Inquirer, Rappler, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR] https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1972986/agri-groups-file-complaints-vs-tariff-commission-execs

8. NEDA ‘food-poor’ threshold remark draws flak

- NEDA officials told: Live on P64/day food budget

- 'Saang planeta yan?' Castro slams NEDA for saying Pinoys with P64 daily meal budget aren't 'food poor'

- IBON calls for ‘more realistic’ food poverty threshold

- Fishers group slams NEDA ‘food-poor’ threshold as unrealistic

- NNC: P20 per meal not enough

[Daily Tribune, The Philippine Star, Inquirer, Malaya, News5, GMA News] https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/08/15/2377955/neda-officials-told-live-p64day-food-budget

9. PNP eyes ‘Oplan Double Barrel’ policies review

[ABS-CBN News, Daily Tribune, GMA News, Manila Standard, News5, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/14/pnp-eyes-oplan-double-barrel-policies-review

10. ICC DRUG WAR PROBE:

-Duterte maintains he does not recognize ICC, insists it has no jurisdiction in PH

-Carpio: ICC warrant may be out by September

-PH committed to Interpol, not to ICC—Remulla

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, News5, Philstar] https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/14/duterte-maintains-he-does-not-recognize-icc-insists-it-has-no-jurisdiction-in-ph-2323

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