(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 12 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 - Thursday, 19 September 2024

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

As of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 19 September 2024

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of Certificates of Condonation and Release of Mortgage (CoCROM) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Nueva Ecija, on September 13, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool/File  
1. Marcos distributes land titles, turns over farm-to-market roads in Palawan

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, News5, Pilipino Mirror, The Manila Times]

https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/19/marcos-distributes-land-titles-turns-over-farm-to-market-roads-in-palawan-1224

2. Dindo Amparo is new Presidential Broadcast Service director general

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1984837/veteran-broadcast-journalist-dindo-amparo-named-new-pbs-bbs-chief

3. ALICE GUO CASE:

-NBI: Alice Guo’s signature did not match what was in notarized affidavit

-Marbil: Probe ongoing vs 24 ex-PNP chiefs over Alice Guo escape from PH

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

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/alice-guo-signature-not-match-affidavit-notarized-lawyer/

4. 23 reported dead, 15 missing due to Habagat, Ferdie, Gener, Helen —NDRRMC

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, NewsWatchPlus, Manila Standard]

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/920972/ndrrmc-habagat-ferdie-gener-helen/story/

5. DA eyes price reduction of rice by 2025

[Daily Tribune, BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Standard, Pilipino Mirror, Pilipino Star NGAYON]

https://manilastandard.net/news/314499043/da-eyes-price-reduction-of-rice-by-2025.html

6. Marcos tells gov’t workers: Remain transparent, accountable

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

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1984582/marcos-tells-govt-workers-remain-transparent-accountable

7. Mabilog reveals plot to link Roxas, Drilon to illegal drugs during Duterte’s time

[DZBB, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/19/mabilog-reveals-plot-to-link-roxas-drilon-to-drugs-during-duterte-s-time

8. Search for new PTFOMS chief ongoing— Chavez

[ABS-CBN News, Manila Standard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, The Philippine STAR]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/09/19/news/national/search-on-for-new-head-of-media-task-force/1972500

9. PNP arrests ex-DBM official tagged in multibillion-peso COVID-19 supplies mess

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

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/pnp-arrests-christopher-lao-covid-19-supplies-mess-september-18-2024/

10. Tulfo brothers dominate OCTA’s 2025 senatorial survey

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, NewsWatchPlus, The Manila Times]

https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/19/tulfo-brothers-dominate-octa-s-2025-senatorial-survey

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